To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include certain services in the definition of critical services, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2242.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2242, a bill to amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities” on February 27, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 19, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56215

  CBO publication date

  February 27, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2242, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d18c502387fba5cf96da583a82d66593a8c920d574b9cf8c24ba91fb56e1483

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-485 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 4, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/485

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2242, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d18c502387fba5cf96da583a82d66593a8c920d574b9cf8c24ba91fb56e1483

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3258):
  The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; [. . .]--And To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  580 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2242, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d18c502387fba5cf96da583a82d66593a8c920d574b9cf8c24ba91fb56e1483

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