DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 504.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 504, DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act” on March 4, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 13, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55005

  CBO publication date

  March 4, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 504, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99166b6cff7a6e0e745ecca0ec68131541f67e01eb8fb6beeb25c69777db4361

• 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: S. Rept. 116-16 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 25, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/16

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 504, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99166b6cff7a6e0e745ecca0ec68131541f67e01eb8fb6beeb25c69777db4361

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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. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have Power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  299 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 504, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99166b6cff7a6e0e745ecca0ec68131541f67e01eb8fb6beeb25c69777db4361

  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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