Federal Register Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1654.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1654, Federal Register Modernization Act” on June 10, 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 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55354

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1654, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4710c9d9d52e5f7d74a589b3ce2f15a502de7db4435b6e1f6b1d6049229d13a7

• 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. 116-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 15, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/57

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1654, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4710c9d9d52e5f7d74a589b3ce2f15a502de7db4435b6e1f6b1d6049229d13a7

  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 Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 42, March 8, 2019, Page H2615):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1654, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4710c9d9d52e5f7d74a589b3ce2f15a502de7db4435b6e1f6b1d6049229d13a7

  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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