DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4476.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4476, DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act of 2021” on January 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 26, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57793

  CBO publication date

  January 27, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4476, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4476

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e37badd5e40b4ce896893ee06f58fc01c7084327b9c57595452795ccbd819e4

• 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. 117-239 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on February 1, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 1, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/239

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4476, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4476

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e37badd5e40b4ce896893ee06f58fc01c7084327b9c57595452795ccbd819e4

  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 Mr. MEIJER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 125, July 16, 2021, Page H3633):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4476, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4476

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e37badd5e40b4ce896893ee06f58fc01c7084327b9c57595452795ccbd819e4

  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. 4476, 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.