Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1036.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1036, Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act” on May 4, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57186

  CBO publication date

  May 4, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1036, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e3ca6e02070ccc7624220873da31e2033bde1d62d42e9f0d312e2f360e9b91b

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1036, Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act” on August 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 21, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58320

  CBO publication date

  August 9, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1036, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e3ca6e02070ccc7624220873da31e2033bde1d62d42e9f0d312e2f360e9b91b

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 26, February 11, 2021, Page H504):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1036, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e3ca6e02070ccc7624220873da31e2033bde1d62d42e9f0d312e2f360e9b91b

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1036, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.