John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5515.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019” on May 14, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 10, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53870

  CBO publication date

  May 14, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019” on May 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 15, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53883

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Preliminary Estimate of Senate Amendment 2514 to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2019” on June 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As published on the Senate amendment tracking system”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54039

  CBO publication date

  June 12, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 4 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-676,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-863 ↗; H. Rept. 115-676 ↗; H. Rept. 115-874 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/676
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/863
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/676
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/874

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 60, April 13, 2018, Page H3316):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

• Congress.gov noteSee H. Rept. 115-874 for the latest conference report.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5515, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f52a88f58e05fd12ecda08948333ec293fcc5eb2993006705d99d0acd5240e18

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