State and High-Risk Urban Area Working Group Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4509.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4509, State and High-Risk Urban Area Working Group Act” on April 14, 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 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51470

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4509, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  45343e6cbca2bbfa2bedb4cfeb3d5b69b0c6960c3f5f8ad3944a4120f80d3f08

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-491 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/491

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4509, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  45343e6cbca2bbfa2bedb4cfeb3d5b69b0c6960c3f5f8ad3944a4120f80d3f08

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• 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 (Vol. 162, No. 23, February 9, 2016, Page H650):
  The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4509, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  45343e6cbca2bbfa2bedb4cfeb3d5b69b0c6960c3f5f8ad3944a4120f80d3f08

  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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