National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2431.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2431, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2013” on December 20, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on December 5, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44986

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2431, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  01713662fb186ee7a814959333634226b48a6c46858ceb3fe01300c996977a88

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-348 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 6, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 6, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/348

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2431, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  01713662fb186ee7a814959333634226b48a6c46858ceb3fe01300c996977a88

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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. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3928):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  402 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2431, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  01713662fb186ee7a814959333634226b48a6c46858ceb3fe01300c996977a88

  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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