Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8530.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8530, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024” on November 21, 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, November 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61030

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b0867c1fbe1324443b4124d5c9ce02bb9d2888df8dd3cbc8b77f157d49b236a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-818 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/818

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b0867c1fbe1324443b4124d5c9ce02bb9d2888df8dd3cbc8b77f157d49b236a

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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. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b0867c1fbe1324443b4124d5c9ce02bb9d2888df8dd3cbc8b77f157d49b236a

  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. 8530, last updated November 18, 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.