Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6147.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Senate Amendment 3399 to H.R. 6147, the Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As printed in the Congressional Record on July 23, 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/54285

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6147, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59281de7e87780e3f8ec7d8608dae68642e98b7b1fa159f5523f2e2a8f4d8a88

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019” on July 25, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 19, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54293

  CBO publication date

  July 25, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6147, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59281de7e87780e3f8ec7d8608dae68642e98b7b1fa159f5523f2e2a8f4d8a88

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019” on August 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on August 1, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54365

  CBO publication date

  August 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6147, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59281de7e87780e3f8ec7d8608dae68642e98b7b1fa159f5523f2e2a8f4d8a88

• 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. 115-765 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/765

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6147, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59281de7e87780e3f8ec7d8608dae68642e98b7b1fa159f5523f2e2a8f4d8a88

  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. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 102, June 19, 2018, Page H5285):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6147, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59281de7e87780e3f8ec7d8608dae68642e98b7b1fa159f5523f2e2a8f4d8a88

  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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