COVS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3544.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3544, COVS Act” on June 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on April 6, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58195

  CBO publication date

  June 9, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3544, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19d6dd892a7c8418be889aec601b2a5b33b5a83114e6e06cd3028653d14b279c

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3544, COVS Act” on November 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on September 28, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58717

  CBO publication date

  November 9, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3544, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19d6dd892a7c8418be889aec601b2a5b33b5a83114e6e06cd3028653d14b279c

• 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: S. Rept. 117-224 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 6, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/224

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3544, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19d6dd892a7c8418be889aec601b2a5b33b5a83114e6e06cd3028653d14b279c

  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 Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 91, May 25, 2021, Page H2668):
  Article IV, Section 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3544, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19d6dd892a7c8418be889aec601b2a5b33b5a83114e6e06cd3028653d14b279c

  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. 3544, 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.