Homeland Security Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10141.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 169, November 15, 2024, Page H6027):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have the power . . . 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. The single subject of this legislation is: For the purpose of introducing additional transparency and accountability at the Department of Homeland Security.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10141, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10141

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2cd6cf8d0a4c13529af2ef2333bea564a520cb48b3b5df10d08ba7674398bd5

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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