Cooperation on Combatting Human Smuggling and Trafficking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4574.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4574, Cooperation on Combatting Human Smuggling and Trafficking Act” on July 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60544

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4574, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4574

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6c14218931bd10ab5b26c2472d296fc94759f8a79db5472018b9a8bbd7bb2f1

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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. CORREA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3477):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Direct DHS to expand partnerships with appropriate law enforcement entities in Mexico and Central American and South American countries to combat human smuggling and trafficking operations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4574, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4574

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6c14218931bd10ab5b26c2472d296fc94759f8a79db5472018b9a8bbd7bb2f1

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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