OBIM Authorization Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5206.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5206, Office of Biometric Identity Management Authorization Act of 2018” on July 3, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 21, 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/54152

  CBO publication date

  July 3, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5206, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75edfd1080352143becb3ce17fdb4c8b59a6bfd407f3ac787735430aa784866b

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5206, Office of Biometric Identity Management Authorization Act of 2018” on October 3, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54541

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5206, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75edfd1080352143becb3ce17fdb4c8b59a6bfd407f3ac787735430aa784866b

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-413 ↗; H. Rept. 115-773 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/413
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/773

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5206, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75edfd1080352143becb3ce17fdb4c8b59a6bfd407f3ac787735430aa784866b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McSALLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 40, March 7, 2018, Page H1477):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be unifrom throught the United States. Article 1, 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 March 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  557 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5206, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75edfd1080352143becb3ce17fdb4c8b59a6bfd407f3ac787735430aa784866b

  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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