Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 255, Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 20, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61085

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f28ca36e062ba8cc3fac9ebce1d322db148a39b4707f7e71e490b046f9a3bbc1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 16, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/297

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f28ca36e062ba8cc3fac9ebce1d322db148a39b4707f7e71e490b046f9a3bbc1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H152):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; [ . . . ]- And 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 January 10, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  517 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f28ca36e062ba8cc3fac9ebce1d322db148a39b4707f7e71e490b046f9a3bbc1

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