Safe Connections Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7132.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7132, the Safe Connections Act of 2022” on July 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the Clerk of the House on July 25, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58337

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7132, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7132

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e682597a57e12188d9bb85fcf0b14ebeff9e04d8e661b6e841a7b8258c4f9442

• 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. 117-438 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 26, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/438

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7132, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7132

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e682597a57e12188d9bb85fcf0b14ebeff9e04d8e661b6e841a7b8258c4f9442

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 48, March 17, 2022, Page H3828):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  285 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7132, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7132

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e682597a57e12188d9bb85fcf0b14ebeff9e04d8e661b6e841a7b8258c4f9442

  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. 7132, last updated December 5, 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.