Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1327.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1327, Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act” on July 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 12, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55435

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1327, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1327

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e90a1fe4a500d673a260d3f584b7983a97fa8b1bda2c2d56c319c017bff0a960

• 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. 116-152 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/152

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1327, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1327

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e90a1fe4a500d673a260d3f584b7983a97fa8b1bda2c2d56c319c017bff0a960

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 34, February 25, 2019, Page H2101):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1327, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1327

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e90a1fe4a500d673a260d3f584b7983a97fa8b1bda2c2d56c319c017bff0a960

  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. 1327, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.