Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 268.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Rules Committee Print 116-2 for H.R. 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019” on January 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the House Committee on Rules Website on January 8, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54912

  CBO publication date

  January 9, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019, Including Further Continuing Appropriations” on January 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As Passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on January 16, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54928

  CBO publication date

  January 18, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Senate Amendment 5 to H.R. 268, End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act” on January 24, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As printed in the Congressional Record for January 22, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 24, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54938

  CBO publication date

  January 24, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Divisions A and B of Senate Amendment 201 to H.R. 268” on March 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As filed for consideration by the Senate on March 26, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55086

  CBO publication date

  March 27, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H285):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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