DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1516.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1516, DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act” on November 17, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 8, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59754

  CBO publication date

  November 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1516, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  24933055327f54b294cae5516c14e0f2b9c1ebb1db3412b4d3bdc94c32a0797a

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-319 ↗; H. Rept. 118-319,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 6, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/319
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/319

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1516, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  24933055327f54b294cae5516c14e0f2b9c1ebb1db3412b4d3bdc94c32a0797a

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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. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1251):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits DHS funds from being awarded to universities that have ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1516, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  24933055327f54b294cae5516c14e0f2b9c1ebb1db3412b4d3bdc94c32a0797a

  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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