Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4470.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4470, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023” on July 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 19, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59389

  CBO publication date

  July 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4470, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  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. 118-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 20, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/153

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4470, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  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 Ms. LEE of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Pages H3171-H3172):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Protecting national security.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4470, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  faf5b58e49b6a4e677194c335cb534ab78c45ede310a8800df6a0d7669afd732

  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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