Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7703.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7703, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act” on November 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56771

  CBO publication date

  November 13, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7703, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7703

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 128, July 21, 2020, Page H3612):
  Article I Section 8: 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 July 21, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7703, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7703

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9ac80e4f8f88716b32acba005afcf12d84937248d2b65f98621bc6de9825b7b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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