BEST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2986.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2986, BEST Act” on June 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56427

  CBO publication date

  June 22, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2986, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2986

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a63fd4f9ee9e84a9ab689fddb57ca7100ca017b61a06dd35b46eb37966e26d84

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-472 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on August 7, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/472

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2986, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2986

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a63fd4f9ee9e84a9ab689fddb57ca7100ca017b61a06dd35b46eb37966e26d84

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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. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,657 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2986, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2986

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a63fd4f9ee9e84a9ab689fddb57ca7100ca017b61a06dd35b46eb37966e26d84

  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. 2986, last updated December 5, 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.