CATCH Fentanyl Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9722.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9722, CATCH Fentanyl Act” on October 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 25, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60837

  CBO publication date

  October 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9722, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  642df144d096574df808ebf86b8b59f8d74f74d5e4493aeb094a2946601bfc22

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• 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. 147, September 20, 2024, Page H5562):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 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 establish a pilot program to assess the use of technology to speed up and enhance the cargo inspection process at land ports of entry along the border.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  463 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9722, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  642df144d096574df808ebf86b8b59f8d74f74d5e4493aeb094a2946601bfc22

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9722, last updated May 27, 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.