DHS Basic Training Accreditation Improvement Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5616.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5616, DHS Basic Training Accreditation Improvement Act of 2021” on January 19, 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 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57769

  CBO publication date

  January 19, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5616, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5616

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-244 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on February 8, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 8, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/244

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5616, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5616

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea6b185b8f754f5f5f6d56adac42b217ffd3eca332d27949e5484b41435d37c1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DEMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 183, October 19, 2021, Page H5673):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5616, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5616

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea6b185b8f754f5f5f6d56adac42b217ffd3eca332d27949e5484b41435d37c1

  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. 5616, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.