Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3224.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3224, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023” on June 6, 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 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59247

  CBO publication date

  June 6, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3224, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-159 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 27, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/159

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3224, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. D'ESPOSITO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2311):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend the authorization of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3224, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc0d6029b21b59885f022bf20a50255fc402b7c238b125c66a5017f4416cc5fd

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