Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4713.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4713, Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act” on October 14, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56678

  CBO publication date

  October 14, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4713, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  662be2f6f2dafa74344c808b88c6f0fdcf628defde37f835ccd29c50c5251124

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-300 ↗; S. Rept. 116-280 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 19, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/300
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/280

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4713, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  662be2f6f2dafa74344c808b88c6f0fdcf628defde37f835ccd29c50c5251124

  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. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 164, October 17, 2019, Page H8227):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4713, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  662be2f6f2dafa74344c808b88c6f0fdcf628defde37f835ccd29c50c5251124

  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. 4713, last updated December 6, 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.