Pipeline Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3243.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3243, Pipeline Security Act” on June 11, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 18, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57283

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b6e8c027e40cf7a1d88a18ada977f39f642c380ccd6a5314b1beaa83367cd8a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-85 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 13, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/85

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b6e8c027e40cf7a1d88a18ada977f39f642c380ccd6a5314b1beaa83367cd8a

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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. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 84, May 14, 2021, Page H2357):
  Article I of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  34 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b6e8c027e40cf7a1d88a18ada977f39f642c380ccd6a5314b1beaa83367cd8a

  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. 3243, last updated April 7, 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.