Health Security and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8610.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8610, Health Security and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act” on November 22, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 14, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58829

  CBO publication date

  November 22, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8610, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8610

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6eb374bcd42df7ba61416acef7ab704917e1520976a36ece58d3f1bb6e86a6c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-650 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 20, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/650

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8610, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8610

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6eb374bcd42df7ba61416acef7ab704917e1520976a36ece58d3f1bb6e86a6c

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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. 168, No. 127, July 29, 2022, Page H7539):
  Article I, Section 8: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2022 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  254 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8610, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8610

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6eb374bcd42df7ba61416acef7ab704917e1520976a36ece58d3f1bb6e86a6c

  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. 8610, last updated April 7, 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.