DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4555.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4555, DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017” on January 30, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53526

  CBO publication date

  January 30, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c85aba5730880ca1ca07b8e8a61bb089be2b8e1d122c07121750a557e875647

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-499 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on January 9, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 9, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/499

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c85aba5730880ca1ca07b8e8a61bb089be2b8e1d122c07121750a557e875647

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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. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 198, December 5, 2017, Page H9665):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c85aba5730880ca1ca07b8e8a61bb089be2b8e1d122c07121750a557e875647

  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. 4555, last updated April 7, 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.