TSA OPEN for Business Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6459.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6459, TSA Opportunities to Pursue Expanded Networks for Business Act” on September 4, 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 4, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54416

  CBO publication date

  September 4, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6459, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e1205da1870c15e30967e2ad872cf1331cf97b16f79a5ecbbdfe87d8f58673b

• 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. 115-916 ↗. 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/916

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6459, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e1205da1870c15e30967e2ad872cf1331cf97b16f79a5ecbbdfe87d8f58673b

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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. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 122, July 19, 2018, Page H6589):
  The United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, that Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6459, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e1205da1870c15e30967e2ad872cf1331cf97b16f79a5ecbbdfe87d8f58673b

  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. 6459, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.