Securing America’s Federal Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2722.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2722, SAFE Act” on June 25, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 21, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55397

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0fa51e42fbdd4f25bbc9396f317d104e02f4c47dce5c975faa92b4a3e6bf533f

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-129 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on June 26, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/129

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0fa51e42fbdd4f25bbc9396f317d104e02f4c47dce5c975faa92b4a3e6bf533f

  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 Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3791):
  This proposal is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 4.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0fa51e42fbdd4f25bbc9396f317d104e02f4c47dce5c975faa92b4a3e6bf533f

  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. 2722, last updated January 27, 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.