Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4991.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4991, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act” on July 3, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on June 19, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54147

  CBO publication date

  July 3, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4991, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99525f17b4f1546b0bf003fe77c5f2b474e9a8e0ba84be01939a23bc763ffc77

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-756 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 14, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/756

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4991, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99525f17b4f1546b0bf003fe77c5f2b474e9a8e0ba84be01939a23bc763ffc77

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 25, February 8, 2018, Page H1075):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing 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 February 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4991, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99525f17b4f1546b0bf003fe77c5f2b474e9a8e0ba84be01939a23bc763ffc77

  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. 4991, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.