PATHS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9459.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9459, PATHS Act” on September 19, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60729

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9459, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223f23749a3c87664564099596de979d70f33fa179eadb349a78ef1aefee359

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-687 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/687

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9459, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223f23749a3c87664564099596de979d70f33fa179eadb349a78ef1aefee359

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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. GUEST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Page H5032):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9459, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223f23749a3c87664564099596de979d70f33fa179eadb349a78ef1aefee359

  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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