Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3722.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3722, Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking 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/55515

  CBO publication date

  August 6, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f878bf4f8f88f13330b34605875409204ca4e627dec2ad921446de452a6e653

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-194 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/194

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f878bf4f8f88f13330b34605875409204ca4e627dec2ad921446de452a6e653

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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. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 116, July 11, 2019, Page H5728):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3722, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f878bf4f8f88f13330b34605875409204ca4e627dec2ad921446de452a6e653

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