Pipeline Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3699.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3699, Pipeline Security Act” on September 5, 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, September 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55595

  CBO publication date

  September 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3699, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  274ae49898022164d5d0f78331c3249887b8b10f08c2c94cff21586a39ebdb48

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-279 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 12, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/279

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3699, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  274ae49898022164d5d0f78331c3249887b8b10f08c2c94cff21586a39ebdb48

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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. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 116, July 11, 2019, Page H5727):
  Article I of the U .S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  35 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3699, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  274ae49898022164d5d0f78331c3249887b8b10f08c2c94cff21586a39ebdb48

  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. 3699, 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.