Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3246.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3246, Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019” on August 7, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55540

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3246, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db10715708d22348ea5fc07e63577de8456e1b8aa9e86234608b7b1793431e75

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-187 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 27, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/187

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3246, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db10715708d22348ea5fc07e63577de8456e1b8aa9e86234608b7b1793431e75

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 99, June 13, 2019, Page H4695):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, the Congress shall have 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 Consitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  311 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3246, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db10715708d22348ea5fc07e63577de8456e1b8aa9e86234608b7b1793431e75

  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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