INTERDICT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2142.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2142, INTERDICT Act” on September 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53120

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d9ef49ef5c9eea37d04119bc2f2cd3c1465452f8273015f6effe0731317676f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-317 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/317

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d9ef49ef5c9eea37d04119bc2f2cd3c1465452f8273015f6effe0731317676f

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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. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 70, April 25, 2017, Page H2847):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d9ef49ef5c9eea37d04119bc2f2cd3c1465452f8273015f6effe0731317676f

  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. 2142, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.