DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6438.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6438, DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act” on August 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 24, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54346

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6438, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e7005140e23cc7b74d60874ddd57b99cf3f8ed8e819f7ad8d6e85316e762ee

• 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. 115-908 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 28, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 28, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/908

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6438, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e7005140e23cc7b74d60874ddd57b99cf3f8ed8e819f7ad8d6e85316e762ee

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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. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 122, July 19, 2018, Page H6588):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6438, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e7005140e23cc7b74d60874ddd57b99cf3f8ed8e819f7ad8d6e85316e762ee

  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. 6438, last updated April 7, 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.