Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4368.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4368, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act” on February 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 21, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62038

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4368, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2371c2df70806d6cff819edf558e93a5f9015ef5c91746aa9ee7f92fea94f19e

• 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. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 120, July 14, 2025, Page H3245):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4368, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2371c2df70806d6cff819edf558e93a5f9015ef5c91746aa9ee7f92fea94f19e

  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 June 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4368, last updated June 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.