CASE Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2426.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2426, CASE Act of 2019” on September 19, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55645

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c0ecbdb6b2e5e5c9c3803f1e861f931fb091a202709e0fd77d64651f849683f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-252 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 22, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/252

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c0ecbdb6b2e5e5c9c3803f1e861f931fb091a202709e0fd77d64651f849683f

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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. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 71, May 1, 2019, Page H3405):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c0ecbdb6b2e5e5c9c3803f1e861f931fb091a202709e0fd77d64651f849683f

  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. 2426, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.