Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2848.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2848, the Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014” on September 24, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on August 1, 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/44611

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2848, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac63498e389e40e95b88687b24914a5d4335988a87f8094e1288e811e63b91ca

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-226 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on September 25, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/226

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2848, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac63498e389e40e95b88687b24914a5d4335988a87f8094e1288e811e63b91ca

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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. ROYCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5174):
  Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2848, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac63498e389e40e95b88687b24914a5d4335988a87f8094e1288e811e63b91ca

  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. 2848, last updated April 7, 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.