Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3355.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-239 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/239

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3355, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71620c6d2600003d61d1e6f04b2fb8e59d7b38aab6faf3a38366ab0f3fd4313c

  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. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 124, July 24, 2017, Page H6213):
  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 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  803 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3355, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71620c6d2600003d61d1e6f04b2fb8e59d7b38aab6faf3a38366ab0f3fd4313c

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3355, last updated August 12, 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.