Department of Homeland Security Policy Issuance Review Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6231.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6231, Department of Homeland Security Policy Issuance Review Act” on December 1, 2023. 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, December 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59803

  CBO publication date

  December 1, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6231, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  322b259f9ebd2066f920d36585922bac11cb9b10ec6fdd082d26c71858dc8efc

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-322 ↗; S. Rept. 118-333 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/322
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/333

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6231, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  322b259f9ebd2066f920d36585922bac11cb9b10ec6fdd082d26c71858dc8efc

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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. IVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 183, November 6, 2023, Page H5466):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a prioritized policy issuance review process for the Department of Homeland Security.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  273 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6231, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  322b259f9ebd2066f920d36585922bac11cb9b10ec6fdd082d26c71858dc8efc

  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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