Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3593.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3593, Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act” on November 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54704

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57d785d7ecf0a0966af9eca2f57cae38f1443a3d7a15e904a1277fbc3ac73d49

• 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. 115-1070 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1070

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57d785d7ecf0a0966af9eca2f57cae38f1443a3d7a15e904a1277fbc3ac73d49

  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. JOHNSON of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Page H6579):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 Article 4, Section 3, clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57d785d7ecf0a0966af9eca2f57cae38f1443a3d7a15e904a1277fbc3ac73d49

  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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