Disaster Recovery Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4460.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4460, Disaster Recovery Reform Act” on March 9, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 30, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53647

  CBO publication date

  March 9, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4460, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44ba61670fb3dc8b6c7ec212879be0cdf7fe0f5de6ba12abebb889ccd769d5d7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1098 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1098

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4460, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44ba61670fb3dc8b6c7ec212879be0cdf7fe0f5de6ba12abebb889ccd769d5d7

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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. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 193, November 28, 2017, Page H9468):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  413 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4460, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44ba61670fb3dc8b6c7ec212879be0cdf7fe0f5de6ba12abebb889ccd769d5d7

  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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