Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8512.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8512, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” on October 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on September 11, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60826

  CBO publication date

  October 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8512, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8512

  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: H. Rept. 118-662 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on September 11, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/662

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8512, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8512

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3485):
  Among other powers, those vested in Congress pursuant to Article I, Section 8 to: Provide for the common defense and general welfare for the United States; Regulate commerce; and Make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution Congress's other powers as provided under that Article. The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  618 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8512, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  be73db03065724ce072da0a1f7aaec5faccac65ba5bb1b2470ca351fc83dc5a9

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