COCOA Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6513.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6513, COCOA Act of 2023” on April 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on January 29, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60212

  CBO publication date

  April 12, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6513, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852474842dafe929943aa0ce6460c19ff7f0051905108e80274b7dddcdf63a22

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-361 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on January 29, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/361

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6513, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852474842dafe929943aa0ce6460c19ff7f0051905108e80274b7dddcdf63a22

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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. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 197, November 30, 2023, Page H6050):
  Article 1 Sections 4 and 5 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to confirm the requirement that States allow access to designated congressional election observers to observe the election administration procedures in congressional elections.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6513, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852474842dafe929943aa0ce6460c19ff7f0051905108e80274b7dddcdf63a22

  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. 6513, 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.