Direct Hire To Fight Fires

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 435.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 435, Direct Hire to Fight Fires” on April 14, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 8, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62342

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 435, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/435

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fd8b660a4b4f149f205bdb3938367f4b946697c677c24d8a5219f0e2046dbcf0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-432 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 8, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/432

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 435, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/435

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fd8b660a4b4f149f205bdb3938367f4b946697c677c24d8a5219f0e2046dbcf0

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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. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 435, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/435

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fd8b660a4b4f149f205bdb3938367f4b946697c677c24d8a5219f0e2046dbcf0

  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. 435, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.