Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3219.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018” on August 4, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO estimate for H.R. 3219, as Passed by the House on July 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52994

  CBO publication date

  August 4, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05f912e9fe660c2634c7441f503a2ae9c5e7de5110f75c5fbed497b379735285

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-219 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 4, 2025 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/219

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05f912e9fe660c2634c7441f503a2ae9c5e7de5110f75c5fbed497b379735285

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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. GRANGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 118, July 13, 2017, Page H5832):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  803 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05f912e9fe660c2634c7441f503a2ae9c5e7de5110f75c5fbed497b379735285

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