Public Buildings Savings and Reform Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2612.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2612, Public Buildings Savings and Reform Act of 2013” on September 25, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 10, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44620

  CBO publication date

  September 25, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2612, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40c81d6cb638722d1f4baf537874a708263a066f1b9f0c4cf27e113484f8c347

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-656 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 11, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/656

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2612, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40c81d6cb638722d1f4baf537874a708263a066f1b9f0c4cf27e113484f8c347

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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. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4213):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2612, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40c81d6cb638722d1f4baf537874a708263a066f1b9f0c4cf27e113484f8c347

  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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