Helping Families Fly Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3694.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3694, Helping Families Fly Act of 2019” 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55583

  CBO publication date

  August 29, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3694, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3694

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18b5f641be16a8b5bf1cb608371edbbf9647f6a19bb410525d5a92901754bfc0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-192 ↗. 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/192

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3694, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3694

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18b5f641be16a8b5bf1cb608371edbbf9647f6a19bb410525d5a92901754bfc0

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 116, July 11, 2019, Page H5727):
  Article 1, 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 July 11, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3694, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3694

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18b5f641be16a8b5bf1cb608371edbbf9647f6a19bb410525d5a92901754bfc0

  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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