Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8150.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8150, REVAMP Act” on July 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60546

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8150, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8150

  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. 118-824 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 6, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/824

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8150, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c656093e619d2c7417dceeeba291e28dba0392dfaa3324cce89f28117d192ef

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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. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 73, April 29, 2024, Page H2701):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  305 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8150, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c656093e619d2c7417dceeeba291e28dba0392dfaa3324cce89f28117d192ef

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