Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4176.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4176, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018” on March 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 19, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53679

  CBO publication date

  March 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4176, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4176

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-605 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 19, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/605

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4176, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4176

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):
  The United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, that Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4176, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4176

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da772b2e5a0088dd53b2f5c1705986bbdf581c02ebd72b7aaea1ff45a6126992

  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. 4176, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.