DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4467.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4467, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act” on September 6, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 12, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59551

  CBO publication date

  September 6, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4467, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4467

  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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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4467, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act” on August 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60634

  CBO publication date

  August 13, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4467, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4467

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20b00b764579af9d87a867ad745b4877445bcc0a188ac09735afdc9a5f58829f

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-238 ↗; S. Rept. 118-257 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/238
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/257

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4467, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4467

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20b00b764579af9d87a867ad745b4877445bcc0a188ac09735afdc9a5f58829f

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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. BRECHEEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3171):
  Article 1, Section 8, and Article 4, Section 4. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report on services performed by contractors along the border with Mexico.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4467, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4467

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20b00b764579af9d87a867ad745b4877445bcc0a188ac09735afdc9a5f58829f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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