Nucleic Acid Standards for Biosecurity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3029.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3029, Nucleic Acid Standards for Biosecurity Act” on June 24, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 29, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61512

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3029, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dff4deb55aa7f102b397318ae70f894a1e22dcf1e0811c73681e51c65bbfdb9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-751 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 16, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/751

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3029, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dff4deb55aa7f102b397318ae70f894a1e22dcf1e0811c73681e51c65bbfdb9

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALINAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 70, April 28, 2025, Page H1684):
  Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3029, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dff4deb55aa7f102b397318ae70f894a1e22dcf1e0811c73681e51c65bbfdb9

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