ALERT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 262.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 262, ALERT Act” on May 6, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60250

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 262, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/262

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c24bdb4002a6c3f2779ff5f5aba44c77352ca964e37c1b40c40002fa33d8e77e

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-904 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/904

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 262, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/262

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c24bdb4002a6c3f2779ff5f5aba44c77352ca964e37c1b40c40002fa33d8e77e

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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. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H152):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 262, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/262

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c24bdb4002a6c3f2779ff5f5aba44c77352ca964e37c1b40c40002fa33d8e77e

  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. 262, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.