Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4432.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4432, Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act” on October 15, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 25, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55727

  CBO publication date

  October 15, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4432, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c68fdeab33653f1aa3fdcedfc39bb39166d5d2ac82e6daa6e55316835b6c578

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-309 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 22, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 22, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/309

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4432, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c68fdeab33653f1aa3fdcedfc39bb39166d5d2ac82e6daa6e55316835b6c578

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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. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 152, September 20, 2019, Page H7866):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4432, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c68fdeab33653f1aa3fdcedfc39bb39166d5d2ac82e6daa6e55316835b6c578

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