Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2020.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2020, Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act” on May 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 28, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58156

  CBO publication date

  May 27, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2020, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  784e8defc4452bfdbaab3ccfd40e21e447ffc2ad60b6de21f862bc5c3c719dc4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-363 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 13, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/363

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2020, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  784e8defc4452bfdbaab3ccfd40e21e447ffc2ad60b6de21f862bc5c3c719dc4

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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 GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 51, March 18, 2021, Page H1583):
  The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; [ . . . ]--And 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 March 18, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  582 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2020, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  784e8defc4452bfdbaab3ccfd40e21e447ffc2ad60b6de21f862bc5c3c719dc4

  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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