National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1960.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014” on June 10, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 1960 as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 6, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44323

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd602324f286bab6d342ebb54887f6612b6b706b6a08d2b497e8ed25f64b498

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014” on June 12, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 7, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44338

  CBO publication date

  June 12, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd602324f286bab6d342ebb54887f6612b6b706b6a08d2b497e8ed25f64b498

• 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.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-102 ↗; H. Rept. 113-102,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 11, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 11, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/102
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/102

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd602324f286bab6d342ebb54887f6612b6b706b6a08d2b497e8ed25f64b498

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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. McKEON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2603):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd602324f286bab6d342ebb54887f6612b6b706b6a08d2b497e8ed25f64b498

  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 noteFor further action, see H.R.3304, which became Public Law 113-66 on 12/26/2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd602324f286bab6d342ebb54887f6612b6b706b6a08d2b497e8ed25f64b498

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1960, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.