Security Screening During COVID–19 Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1877.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1877, Security Screening During COVID-19 Act” on April 23, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57166

  CBO publication date

  April 23, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1877, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c5ca819d88d6a1b5aba1a8ef8c4da6d5814d2127f9bfe93b8cb2ca57c3b5f60

• 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: H. Rept. 117-24 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 30, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 30, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/24

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1877, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c5ca819d88d6a1b5aba1a8ef8c4da6d5814d2127f9bfe93b8cb2ca57c3b5f60

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 47, March 12, 2021, Page H1364):
  Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  29 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1877, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c5ca819d88d6a1b5aba1a8ef8c4da6d5814d2127f9bfe93b8cb2ca57c3b5f60

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1877, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.