Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2261.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2261, Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act” on October 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 3, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61790

  CBO publication date

  October 1, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2261, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22d99159947fa932113c948917b47489faa0eb23095679bec9971cb2d4084764

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 12, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/375

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2261, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22d99159947fa932113c948917b47489faa0eb23095679bec9971cb2d4084764

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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. HERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1190):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2261, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22d99159947fa932113c948917b47489faa0eb23095679bec9971cb2d4084764

  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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