NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 369.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 369, NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act” on August 4, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 21, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59461

  CBO publication date

  August 4, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 369, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/369

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31c77194dda786821eb9fb4ff8d3717fcac44eb8c3cf9a97b0cdf38e77c570b8

• 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. 118-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 1, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/178

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 369, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/369

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31c77194dda786821eb9fb4ff8d3717fcac44eb8c3cf9a97b0cdf38e77c570b8

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 12, January 17, 2023, Page H244):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 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 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 369, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/369

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31c77194dda786821eb9fb4ff8d3717fcac44eb8c3cf9a97b0cdf38e77c570b8

  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. 369, 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.