Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4482.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4482, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2016” on April 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 23, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51488

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4482, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e779e387543089f2dd4fe9747aa149c6d4615441a9efecf9285e2d6a887ba57

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-492 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 13, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/492

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4482, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e779e387543089f2dd4fe9747aa149c6d4615441a9efecf9285e2d6a887ba57

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McSALLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 21, February 4, 2016, Page H591):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throught the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  553 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4482, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e779e387543089f2dd4fe9747aa149c6d4615441a9efecf9285e2d6a887ba57

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