Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 542.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 542, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act” on May 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 15, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55281

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  309d923bf78ea17c8c407d9f271590667c07505a593019e0b744946511575f32

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 542, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act” on October 30, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 22, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56716

  CBO publication date

  October 30, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  309d923bf78ea17c8c407d9f271590667c07505a593019e0b744946511575f32

• 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. 116-87 ↗; S. Rept. 116-285 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 9, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/87
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/285

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  309d923bf78ea17c8c407d9f271590667c07505a593019e0b744946511575f32

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss RICE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 7, January 14, 2019, Page H544):
  Article I Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  22 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  309d923bf78ea17c8c407d9f271590667c07505a593019e0b744946511575f32

  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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