To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 710.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 710, Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act” on June 11, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50284

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 710, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/710

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-244 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 25, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/244

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 710, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/710

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0152f78b99c52097c77b759615a9176c95499e270011abea476a5380b2032a44

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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. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Pages H812-H813):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 710, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/710

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0152f78b99c52097c77b759615a9176c95499e270011abea476a5380b2032a44

  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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