GREAT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 150.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 150, GREAT Act” on July 26, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 19, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55493

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 150, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c5d5973c5ca51864109e24c552dce9cf54fafd21cccf11e79269f338bd9a806

• 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: S. Rept. 116-96 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 10, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/96

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 150, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c5d5973c5ca51864109e24c552dce9cf54fafd21cccf11e79269f338bd9a806

  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 Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H215):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution grants the Congress the authority to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  104 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 150, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c5d5973c5ca51864109e24c552dce9cf54fafd21cccf11e79269f338bd9a806

  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. 150, 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.