Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2621.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2621, Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists Use of Ghost Guns 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/55286

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2621, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  574d982f673d22356aa2040c35c04d3250751b00e3d41fee86b1222a375688dc

• 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. 116-88,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 116-88 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 10, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/88
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/88

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2621, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  574d982f673d22356aa2040c35c04d3250751b00e3d41fee86b1222a375688dc

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3680):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``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 any Department or Officer thereof''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  304 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2621, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  574d982f673d22356aa2040c35c04d3250751b00e3d41fee86b1222a375688dc

  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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