Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 408.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 408, Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2021” on September 8, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 14, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57453

  CBO publication date

  September 8, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 408, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f293fa56916b06aa1acc4cbb94c1e69a2cca65df326469fcdcf369a6ec56aa0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-225 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 5, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/225

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 408, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f293fa56916b06aa1acc4cbb94c1e69a2cca65df326469fcdcf369a6ec56aa0

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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. McEACHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H225):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 408, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f293fa56916b06aa1acc4cbb94c1e69a2cca65df326469fcdcf369a6ec56aa0

  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. 408, 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.