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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2278.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act” on December 6, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44942

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  498b78b8969e5bb3ffbf0b5437369a684bcd2ab33aed1ef330be024ec942c7f0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-678 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 16, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/678

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  498b78b8969e5bb3ffbf0b5437369a684bcd2ab33aed1ef330be024ec942c7f0

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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. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):
  Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,718 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  498b78b8969e5bb3ffbf0b5437369a684bcd2ab33aed1ef330be024ec942c7f0

  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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