FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5343.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act” on February 7, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 27, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57827

  CBO publication date

  February 7, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5343, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  035f3f6b1f2eb78f40757d3c000dc42e62e955388a9347a83887e9fe11196e97

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act” on August 30, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58439

  CBO publication date

  August 30, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5343, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  035f3f6b1f2eb78f40757d3c000dc42e62e955388a9347a83887e9fe11196e97

• 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: H. Rept. 117-281 ↗; S. Rept. 117-199 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/281
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/199

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5343, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  035f3f6b1f2eb78f40757d3c000dc42e62e955388a9347a83887e9fe11196e97

  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. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 164, September 22, 2021, Page H5092):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5343, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  035f3f6b1f2eb78f40757d3c000dc42e62e955388a9347a83887e9fe11196e97

  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. 5343, 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.