Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6157.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Senate Amendment 3695 to H.R. 6157, the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019” on August 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As printed in the Congressional Record on August 15, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54384

  CBO publication date

  August 17, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb734c1b7afa11274d9cbbca2f00c84b2e558844bd486612e9ab49d0dd21172

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019” on August 28, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on August 23, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 28, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54400

  CBO publication date

  August 28, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb734c1b7afa11274d9cbbca2f00c84b2e558844bd486612e9ab49d0dd21172

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Conference Agreement for H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019” on September 14, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As included in H.Rpt. 115-952”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54474

  CBO publication date

  September 14, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb734c1b7afa11274d9cbbca2f00c84b2e558844bd486612e9ab49d0dd21172

• 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 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-769 ↗; H. Rept. 115-952 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/769
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/952

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb734c1b7afa11274d9cbbca2f00c84b2e558844bd486612e9ab49d0dd21172

  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 Ms. GRANGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 103, June 20, 2018, Page H5362):
  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 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb734c1b7afa11274d9cbbca2f00c84b2e558844bd486612e9ab49d0dd21172

  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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