Improving Travel for Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5969.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5969, Improving Travel for Families Act” on February 1, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 8, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59936

  CBO publication date

  February 1, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5969, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5969

  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. 118-403 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 1, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 1, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/403

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5969, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5969

  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 Mr. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8. To make laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Eases restrictions for Global Entry for minors.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5969, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c5d66cefad62133065e06bc14585af1f5239c1f033ff044ed292dc5d9a5e5f7f

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