To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1311.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1311, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met” on July 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 27, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55428

  CBO publication date

  July 10, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1311, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f42367cfc95c8d415696392bd45a2e8095326a3112fa1324cf3fdc2afe72d549

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-146 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 11, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2019 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/146

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1311, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f42367cfc95c8d415696392bd45a2e8095326a3112fa1324cf3fdc2afe72d549

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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. 31, February 19, 2019, Page H2042):
  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 19, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1311, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f42367cfc95c8d415696392bd45a2e8095326a3112fa1324cf3fdc2afe72d549

  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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