Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5783.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on June 25, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54286

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5783, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0eb7cdd9f1e0ebc8df8168e919dfa85fc87aa696c7d49fa4657b29b3e2ddc4e8

• 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. 115-780 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/780

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5783, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0eb7cdd9f1e0ebc8df8168e919dfa85fc87aa696c7d49fa4657b29b3e2ddc4e8

  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. HILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 77, May 11, 2018, Page H3935):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5783, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0eb7cdd9f1e0ebc8df8168e919dfa85fc87aa696c7d49fa4657b29b3e2ddc4e8

  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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