Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8631.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8631, Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60547

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8631, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c974520e43afba95ab0ddcbb0fc570e78c7d8528da389fc4510436244c7a1d49

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 118-307 ↗; H. Rept. 118-633 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2024 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/307
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/633

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8631, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c974520e43afba95ab0ddcbb0fc570e78c7d8528da389fc4510436244c7a1d49

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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. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 96, June 5, 2024, Page H3674):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution stating that Congress has the authority to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution''. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from procuring certain foreign-made batteries, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  408 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8631, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c974520e43afba95ab0ddcbb0fc570e78c7d8528da389fc4510436244c7a1d49

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