Enhancing DHS' Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5099.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5099, Enhancing DHS’ Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program Act” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 19, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53849

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5099

  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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-603 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 19, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/603

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5099

  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. ESTES of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 35, February 27, 2018, Page H1334):
  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 27, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5099

  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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