DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4363.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4363, DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021” on January 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 3, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57785

  CBO publication date

  January 26, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4363, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b1622bcf5b9b98ceb3c1289cad2bcca3de8cbd110e03e48b0c08a8f5ca3510f

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 117-120 ↗; H. Rept. 117-121 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/120
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/121

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4363, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b1622bcf5b9b98ceb3c1289cad2bcca3de8cbd110e03e48b0c08a8f5ca3510f

  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 Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 118, July 6, 2021, Page H3611):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4363, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b1622bcf5b9b98ceb3c1289cad2bcca3de8cbd110e03e48b0c08a8f5ca3510f

  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. 4363, 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.