Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5729.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5729, Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018” on June 29, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 6, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54138

  CBO publication date

  June 29, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5729, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  807bc2514c0718ba02dd127e0bea8bce9187e673057f7eb175764e69ee4dc101

• 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. 115-790 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 27, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/790

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5729, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  807bc2514c0718ba02dd127e0bea8bce9187e673057f7eb175764e69ee4dc101

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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 75, May 9, 2018, Page H3886):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5729, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  807bc2514c0718ba02dd127e0bea8bce9187e673057f7eb175764e69ee4dc101

  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. 5729, last updated December 6, 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.