FIRST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1088.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1088, First Infantry Recognition of Sacrifice in Theater Act” on June 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55405

  CBO publication date

  June 28, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1088, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1088

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8734fffe000b98343132eadd7ac4164a901fdc5bfbfc158451c254607603b4b6

• 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. 116-275 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 8, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/275

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1088, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1088

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8734fffe000b98343132eadd7ac4164a901fdc5bfbfc158451c254607603b4b6

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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. MARSHALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1463):
  Article 1, Section 8, 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 February 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1088, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1088

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8734fffe000b98343132eadd7ac4164a901fdc5bfbfc158451c254607603b4b6

  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. 1088, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.