Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2655.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2655, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013” on September 24, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44614

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2655, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c9d4fc7958e08e80dd5e1717b99ae816e4d859525db27d784312824b4669e55

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-255 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 30, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 30, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/255

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2655, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c9d4fc7958e08e80dd5e1717b99ae816e4d859525db27d784312824b4669e55

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4484):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2655, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c9d4fc7958e08e80dd5e1717b99ae816e4d859525db27d784312824b4669e55

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2655, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.