Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6972.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6972, Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 20, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61090

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6972, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6972

  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: S. Rept. 118-305 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 17, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/305

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6972, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ac2922cefc36e111d9d8b94c5ef55cb324c613daa3a734f0d28e625401997b1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H108):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation only pertains to: oversight of the National Security Council
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  141 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6972, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ac2922cefc36e111d9d8b94c5ef55cb324c613daa3a734f0d28e625401997b1

  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. 6972, 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.