Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6620.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6620, Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act” on September 28, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 25, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54516

  CBO publication date

  September 28, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6620, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1eae15aef41bb8b6c2555b4d78bcb8a78ea19cb4d644e667235747fc45eaddba

• 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. 115-960 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/960

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6620, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1eae15aef41bb8b6c2555b4d78bcb8a78ea19cb4d644e667235747fc45eaddba

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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. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7727):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6620, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1eae15aef41bb8b6c2555b4d78bcb8a78ea19cb4d644e667235747fc45eaddba

  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. 6620, last updated July 9, 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.