TRANSLATE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3691.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3691, TRANSLATE Act” on August 29, 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 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55584

  CBO publication date

  August 29, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3691, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4336b0521a2f8a662a1eb8e3a03e7a4179a0cb280366205e29e63fd81bc2c4e4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-201 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 11, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/201

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3691, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4336b0521a2f8a662a1eb8e3a03e7a4179a0cb280366205e29e63fd81bc2c4e4

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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. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 115, July 10, 2019, Page H5585):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3691, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4336b0521a2f8a662a1eb8e3a03e7a4179a0cb280366205e29e63fd81bc2c4e4

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