Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5798.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5798, Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024” on March 7, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60069

  CBO publication date

  March 7, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5798

  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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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-900 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/900

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d862abbe8e546eda859a4590499b4077ba8157978f65aab0e680f1d6a8c59406

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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. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4856):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation will restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  484 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d862abbe8e546eda859a4590499b4077ba8157978f65aab0e680f1d6a8c59406

  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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