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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2641.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2641, Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013” on August 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 31, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44534

  CBO publication date

  August 27, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2641, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2641

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-363 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 27, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 27, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/363

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2641, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2641

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0be4ec8481bbbe2c2364aab0faf744435f7ee295ecc7758457103451f2e2f811

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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. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4370):
  Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  1,028 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2641, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2641

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0be4ec8481bbbe2c2364aab0faf744435f7ee295ecc7758457103451f2e2f811

  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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