DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9460.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9460, DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024” 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60728

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9460, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 118-688 ↗. 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 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/688

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9460, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Page H5032):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18: 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 in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To reauthorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  375 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9460, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9fc5315e21870185df22cb1fe52e9124a21cd97b284e324539b488f2e946d7b7

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