Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4737.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4737, Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act” on December 13, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 23, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55955

  CBO publication date

  December 13, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4737, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1f58ada45c8b18b620751092d3a8299db149716050031ee9864620386e22fd5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on January 10, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/375

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4737, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1f58ada45c8b18b620751092d3a8299db149716050031ee9864620386e22fd5

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 165, October 18, 2019, Page H8259):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4737, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1f58ada45c8b18b620751092d3a8299db149716050031ee9864620386e22fd5

  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. 4737, last updated May 28, 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.