National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2500.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020” on June 19, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 13, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55374

  CBO publication date

  June 19, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020” on June 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 19, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55400

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1cb85e77dee53d41fc2039e2c5e4643687175bfbaa085f6b6d79f78d6667012

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020” on September 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 12, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55608

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1cb85e77dee53d41fc2039e2c5e4643687175bfbaa085f6b6d79f78d6667012

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-120 ↗; H. Rept. 116-120,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 27, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/120
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/120

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1cb85e77dee53d41fc2039e2c5e4643687175bfbaa085f6b6d79f78d6667012

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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. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3441):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and `to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1cb85e77dee53d41fc2039e2c5e4643687175bfbaa085f6b6d79f78d6667012

  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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