Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4133.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4133, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act” on November 15, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on August 30, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57612

  CBO publication date

  November 15, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4133, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4133

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  857054a9c7cb46b17852a08b2e6023a4e7ed3215b448ceecce653acbd9965f2a

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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. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 110, June 24, 2021, Page H3134):
  Article I Section 8: 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 June 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4133, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4133

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  857054a9c7cb46b17852a08b2e6023a4e7ed3215b448ceecce653acbd9965f2a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4133, 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.