Disaster Contract Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6997.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6997, Disaster Contract Improvement Act” on October 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60832

  CBO publication date

  October 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7b627ed00f904974c4608dfb7913b7668a51b374a4a6d71f55c8c13988e25e7

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-776 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 26, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/776

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7b627ed00f904974c4608dfb7913b7668a51b374a4a6d71f55c8c13988e25e7

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 8, January 16, 2024, Page H148):
  Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Disaster Relief
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  101 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7b627ed00f904974c4608dfb7913b7668a51b374a4a6d71f55c8c13988e25e7

  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. 6997, last updated December 5, 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.