FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 495.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 495, Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2019” on December 12, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 6, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55946

  CBO publication date

  December 12, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 495, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  771764993d1db37cb1e129af03cdf8ff314c9766dec28fb1efcf6972c1cba193

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-213 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on February 4, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/213

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 495, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  771764993d1db37cb1e129af03cdf8ff314c9766dec28fb1efcf6972c1cba193

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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. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 495, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  771764993d1db37cb1e129af03cdf8ff314c9766dec28fb1efcf6972c1cba193

  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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