Secure Border Communications Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6742.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6742, Secure Border Communications Act” on September 27, 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 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54510

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6742, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4546edd906c1aa555d8f42be7f94a8939b2384dbd125cdaddc595a9988b03dc0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-963 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/963

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6742, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4546edd906c1aa555d8f42be7f94a8939b2384dbd125cdaddc595a9988b03dc0

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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. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 149, September 7, 2018, Page H7942):
  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 September 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6742, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4546edd906c1aa555d8f42be7f94a8939b2384dbd125cdaddc595a9988b03dc0

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