DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5079.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5079, DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54289

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5079, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-355 ↗; H. Rept. 115-606 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/355
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/606

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5079, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 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. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 33, February 23, 2018, Page H1226):
  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 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5079, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  888ddcfab5c7a0657178cf099a6760a78f6e09e82db8cec5423ffe2eeb18ad9f

  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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