Repair of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8675.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8675, Repair the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60555

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8675

  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. 118-642 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/642

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8675

  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. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3725):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires TSA, through the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), to conduct a study on the digital data collection process for law enforcement officers who are flying armed on commercial flights. The study would include projected timelines for when this digital data collection could begin and estimates of what would be required to digitize the current system.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  442 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8675

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e8b92054521aaf140b15dc5e6fdc1526d4daf408d718fd4604e03725b3f8cc54

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