ASTRO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 272.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 272, ASTRO Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61088

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 272, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f753d465f5276ef50301b398be3b42b0e8fbdadd1d304c9d92f02bd136d766bc

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-483 ↗; S. Rept. 118-298 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/483
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/298

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 272, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f753d465f5276ef50301b398be3b42b0e8fbdadd1d304c9d92f02bd136d766bc

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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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H204):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution: ``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 11, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 272, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f753d465f5276ef50301b398be3b42b0e8fbdadd1d304c9d92f02bd136d766bc

  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. 272, 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.