Value Over Cost Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9596.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9596, Value Over Cost Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 20, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61094

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9596, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 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: S. Rept. 118-335 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 19, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/335

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9596, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d3d2975e1dde75b71785a1ee2988d1fbbbc1a252567179d18ced0c2847faa96b

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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. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 143, September 16, 2024, Page H5239):
  Art. I, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Federal Procurement
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9596, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d3d2975e1dde75b71785a1ee2988d1fbbbc1a252567179d18ced0c2847faa96b

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9596, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.