Citizen Empowerment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2711.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2711, Citizens Empowerment Act” on July 30, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44471

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2711, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1050897c4ff31bc79cf2354b17928ee7fb723fbe750d5ad6b0451c99edbdc9fe

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-184 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 30, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/184

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2711, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1050897c4ff31bc79cf2354b17928ee7fb723fbe750d5ad6b0451c99edbdc9fe

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JENKINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4598):
  Article 1, 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.'' To better insure the due process rights guaranteed in Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  390 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2711, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1050897c4ff31bc79cf2354b17928ee7fb723fbe750d5ad6b0451c99edbdc9fe

  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. 2711, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.