Kelsey Smith Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1575.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1575, Kelsey Smith Act” on August 29, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 29, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45681

  CBO publication date

  August 29, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1575, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ce7911a226d4d8620f3ab6319c570a3155d9afd8effa3593430756cd3d90029

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-729 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 2, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/729

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1575, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ce7911a226d4d8620f3ab6319c570a3155d9afd8effa3593430756cd3d90029

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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. YODER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2027):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  401 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1575, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ce7911a226d4d8620f3ab6319c570a3155d9afd8effa3593430756cd3d90029

  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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