Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5109.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5109, a bill to require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States to develop guidelines to improve returning citizens’ access to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, to assist individuals in custody of federal, state, and local prisons in pre-applying or preparing applications for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards, and to assist individuals requesting an appeal or waiver of preliminary determination of in” on August 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 24, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2026 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62706

  CBO publication date

  August 19, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5109, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 8, 2026

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  October 10, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-827 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 15, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2026 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/827

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5109, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 144, September 3, 2025, Page H3829):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5109, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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