SAFE TECH Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4561.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4561, Security Assessment Feasibility for Equipment Testing and Evaluation of Capabilities for Our Homeland Act” on January 8, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on December 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53449

  CBO publication date

  January 8, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4561, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093adc8f3e42b36c2ae44e31ef961c5925d6f92893a405757f557b774a79ed95

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-498 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/498

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4561, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093adc8f3e42b36c2ae44e31ef961c5925d6f92893a405757f557b774a79ed95

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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. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 199, December 6, 2017, Page H9709):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  590 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4561, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093adc8f3e42b36c2ae44e31ef961c5925d6f92893a405757f557b774a79ed95

  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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