National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4768.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4768, National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act” on February 8, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on January 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53564

  CBO publication date

  February 8, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 115-553 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 13, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/553

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 7, January 11, 2018, Page H169):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d0d93e071b512cdf66e8ec35ef28d7a660ed5221e2645ea23a7c2af36072e9c4

  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. 4768, last updated December 5, 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.