Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5131.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5131, Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018” on March 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee Homeland Security on March 19, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53677

  CBO publication date

  March 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5131, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eeb163276b68a32679a6bfa5fbd3d4a76defd3a2974997602e82361f14a26836

• 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. 115-602 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/602

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5131, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eeb163276b68a32679a6bfa5fbd3d4a76defd3a2974997602e82361f14a26836

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 35, February 27, 2018, Page H1335):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5131, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eeb163276b68a32679a6bfa5fbd3d4a76defd3a2974997602e82361f14a26836

  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. 5131, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.