Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2383.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2383, Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act” on May 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 15, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55290

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2383, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4997933724c6544acf35ae20f9872c56ec6b2c9a6cf1b1035d8c89cbf4548f2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-91 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 30, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/91

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2383, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4997933724c6544acf35ae20f9872c56ec6b2c9a6cf1b1035d8c89cbf4548f2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DEMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 69, April 29, 2019, Page H3304):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2383, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4997933724c6544acf35ae20f9872c56ec6b2c9a6cf1b1035d8c89cbf4548f2

  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. 2383, last updated April 7, 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.