DHS SAVE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4785.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4785, DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess 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/51468

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4785, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60b7285eedd8f9ddaacfda07c44af212bbc9d465e936c3f8ec4df2f56d544441

• 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. 114-494 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/494

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4785, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60b7285eedd8f9ddaacfda07c44af212bbc9d465e936c3f8ec4df2f56d544441

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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. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1462):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all 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 of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4785, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60b7285eedd8f9ddaacfda07c44af212bbc9d465e936c3f8ec4df2f56d544441

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4785, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.