DHS Acquisition Reform Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3413.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3413, DHS Acquisition Reform Act of 2019” on August 6, 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 6, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55513

  CBO publication date

  August 6, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3413, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f1bb6d4845ed9faa74ada4c0da0877c08ce47fd863d63dbee4a85199d1e865

• 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. 116-190 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 30, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/190

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3413, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f1bb6d4845ed9faa74ada4c0da0877c08ce47fd863d63dbee4a85199d1e865

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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. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 105, June 21, 2019, Page H5037):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3413, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f1bb6d4845ed9faa74ada4c0da0877c08ce47fd863d63dbee4a85199d1e865

  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. 3413, last updated May 28, 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.