Dream Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2820.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019” on May 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Direct Spending and Revenues Effects of H.R. 2820, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55314

  CBO publication date

  May 30, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2820, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ce635d294fe2ef9ba8155dce8f0522c57ea35dd11870b52b19e45760a9b132a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-98 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 30, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/98

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2820, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ce635d294fe2ef9ba8155dce8f0522c57ea35dd11870b52b19e45760a9b132a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 83, May 17, 2019, Page H3962):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2820, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ce635d294fe2ef9ba8155dce8f0522c57ea35dd11870b52b19e45760a9b132a

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2820, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.