Emerging Digital Identity Ecosystem Report Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8658.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8658, Emerging Digital Identity Ecosystem Report Act of 2024” 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60550

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8658, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8658

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04917197638050ff890a3acb10f3fc870bf3e0e1cdcc37a7fe0c367ea54fb18c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-638 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 30, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 30, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/638

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8658, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8658

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04917197638050ff890a3acb10f3fc870bf3e0e1cdcc37a7fe0c367ea54fb18c

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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. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 97, June 7, 2024, Page H3680):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Office thereof' The single subject of this legislation is: To require a report by the Transportation Security Administration on digital identity ecosystems, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  466 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8658, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8658

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04917197638050ff890a3acb10f3fc870bf3e0e1cdcc37a7fe0c367ea54fb18c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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