DISASTER Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1984.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1984, DISASTER Act” on May 17, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 8, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55263

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1984, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1984

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76246e69223d3ea13bfde8b98ec3cea81790145ee1eedb27cebd7fc4e1490f2b

• 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. 116-148 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/148

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1984, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1984

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76246e69223d3ea13bfde8b98ec3cea81790145ee1eedb27cebd7fc4e1490f2b

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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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2918):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1984, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1984

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76246e69223d3ea13bfde8b98ec3cea81790145ee1eedb27cebd7fc4e1490f2b

  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. 1984, last updated May 28, 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.