Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 501.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 501, Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act” on September 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59633

  CBO publication date

  September 29, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0487a0a5faa9f730b071f2a7611e23bc1e2d3c0297c7cb88afd0bdcaaefc72fc

• 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. 118-66 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 17, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/66

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0487a0a5faa9f730b071f2a7611e23bc1e2d3c0297c7cb88afd0bdcaaefc72fc

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 16, January 25, 2023, Page H324):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0487a0a5faa9f730b071f2a7611e23bc1e2d3c0297c7cb88afd0bdcaaefc72fc

  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. 501, 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.