UAS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1501.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1501, UAS Act” on June 28, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 17, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59332

  CBO publication date

  June 28, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4da5e557840ab00624a94f504c9c0e901ce17fb437959f03c320b95604830ffa

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-151 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 20, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/151

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4da5e557840ab00624a94f504c9c0e901ce17fb437959f03c320b95604830ffa

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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. GUEST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1250):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from operating or procuring unmanned aircraft systems that were produced in certain adversarial nations for the purpose of preventing harmful surveillance activities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  278 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4da5e557840ab00624a94f504c9c0e901ce17fb437959f03c320b95604830ffa

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

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