Darren Drake Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4089.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4089, Darren Drake Act” on September 24, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 14, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57500

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4089, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4089

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78bdd3c82b4b4b8c82078c8750d8fd0ac21dd2f67bfb2ffb8c1e1b701f043207

• 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. 117-119 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 14, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/119

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4089, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4089

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78bdd3c82b4b4b8c82078c8750d8fd0ac21dd2f67bfb2ffb8c1e1b701f043207

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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. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 109, June 23, 2021, Page H3082):
  clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4089, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4089

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78bdd3c82b4b4b8c82078c8750d8fd0ac21dd2f67bfb2ffb8c1e1b701f043207

  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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