VETS Safe Travel Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3356.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3356, VETS Safe Travel Act” on October 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 12, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55789

  CBO publication date

  October 30, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3356, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f15697a6df93ddfae22b12a54c1aff4246fd9c3fc1e1adf3367e8042efdb93f

• 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. 116-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 12, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/203

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3356, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f15697a6df93ddfae22b12a54c1aff4246fd9c3fc1e1adf3367e8042efdb93f

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 103, June 19, 2019, Page H4919):
  Article 1, Section 8--``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3356, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f15697a6df93ddfae22b12a54c1aff4246fd9c3fc1e1adf3367e8042efdb93f

  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. 3356, 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.