DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5804.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5804, DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act” on June 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56441

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f55272ca6066c379fcb8a44b0527e6348980953ef5178b616e7e369debefb9f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-498 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 11, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/498

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f55272ca6066c379fcb8a44b0527e6348980953ef5178b616e7e369debefb9f

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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. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 26, February 7, 2020, Page H977):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f55272ca6066c379fcb8a44b0527e6348980953ef5178b616e7e369debefb9f

  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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