Federal Election Audit Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4555.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4555, Federal Election Audit Act” on December 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 17, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61138

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  511b504bfe2c0aadcc692391f2237a7f272d2625aadbdd82ed79d9c348aa91b3

• 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. 118-465 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on April 17, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/465

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  511b504bfe2c0aadcc692391f2237a7f272d2625aadbdd82ed79d9c348aa91b3

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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. MURPHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to an election for Federal office in a State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4555, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4555

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  511b504bfe2c0aadcc692391f2237a7f272d2625aadbdd82ed79d9c348aa91b3

  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. 4555, 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.