To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4018.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4018, a bill to provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner” on December 3, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 26, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55913

  CBO publication date

  December 3, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4018, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4018

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4018, an act to provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes” on June 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 3, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56381

  CBO publication date

  June 1, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4018, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4018

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc5e8f1421fc422ade76d8d3331060246a8f36474ab65f52e03b6bcfb1d42ff0

• 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. 116-311 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 26, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/311

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4018, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4018

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc5e8f1421fc422ade76d8d3331060246a8f36474ab65f52e03b6bcfb1d42ff0

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEUTCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7469):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  125 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4018, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4018

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc5e8f1421fc422ade76d8d3331060246a8f36474ab65f52e03b6bcfb1d42ff0

  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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