National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5503.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5503, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2018” on September 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 17, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54440

  CBO publication date

  September 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5503, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fc7d54262fb24def54fb93705ffe11a6feb3d825a5c57f11892ec168ba60cb2

• 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. 115-1102 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on December 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1102

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5503, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fc7d54262fb24def54fb93705ffe11a6feb3d825a5c57f11892ec168ba60cb2

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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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 60, April 13, 2018, Page H3316):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power 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 April 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5503, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fc7d54262fb24def54fb93705ffe11a6feb3d825a5c57f11892ec168ba60cb2

  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. 5503, 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.