DHS Interoperable Communications Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4289.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4289, DHS Interoperable Communications Act” on June 19, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 11, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45459

  CBO publication date

  June 19, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4289, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  164b61018122a4f66a5547b663de2b0801d7010de7145a416d6550c6890f8524

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-484 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 20, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/484

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4289, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  164b61018122a4f66a5547b663de2b0801d7010de7145a416d6550c6890f8524

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2610):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4289, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  164b61018122a4f66a5547b663de2b0801d7010de7145a416d6550c6890f8524

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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