CASES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1079.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1079, CASES Act” on June 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55382

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1079, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ccbb258da396b3a2b3f427af6ce73e615419f3354d1b599b3ca29aea186c84e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-50 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 25, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/50

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1079, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ccbb258da396b3a2b3f427af6ce73e615419f3354d1b599b3ca29aea186c84e

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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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1463):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1079, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ccbb258da396b3a2b3f427af6ce73e615419f3354d1b599b3ca29aea186c84e

  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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