DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7779.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7779, DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act” on October 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on August 19, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58595

  CBO publication date

  October 27, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7779, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7779

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. 117-454 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 19, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 19, 2022 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/454

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7779, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7779

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb0b353ca6436788db4909b3ab4bda0fbe920c08bfe496204ae9a7257e87a0b3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 83, May 16, 2022, Page H5009):
  Article l, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United Sates Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2022 ↗

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  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7779, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7779

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb0b353ca6436788db4909b3ab4bda0fbe920c08bfe496204ae9a7257e87a0b3

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