OPM IG Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2860.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2860, OPM IG Act” on November 4, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 29, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44689

  CBO publication date

  November 4, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2860, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2860

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a24b5ada84affe7f84dc3720c2b9919891ffa179bdab2a4b4244a12ef4fa0b6c

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-268 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 15, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/268

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2860, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2860

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a24b5ada84affe7f84dc3720c2b9919891ffa179bdab2a4b4244a12ef4fa0b6c

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5174):
  Article I, 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2860, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2860

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a24b5ada84affe7f84dc3720c2b9919891ffa179bdab2a4b4244a12ef4fa0b6c

  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. 2860, 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.