Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6447.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6447, Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act” on September 5, 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, September 5, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54422

  CBO publication date

  September 5, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6447, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6447

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c2d9ab42a186b1d25b36aec6e74b22a4407c4659a8cb0ffa4e20aba3899f15f0

• 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. 115-915 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 4, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/915

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6447, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6447

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c2d9ab42a186b1d25b36aec6e74b22a4407c4659a8cb0ffa4e20aba3899f15f0

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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. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 122, July 19, 2018, Page H6589):
  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. 6447, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6447

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c2d9ab42a186b1d25b36aec6e74b22a4407c4659a8cb0ffa4e20aba3899f15f0

  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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