Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2919.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2919, Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act” on February 27, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 5, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45145

  CBO publication date

  February 27, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2919, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2919

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6448fc90475fb988a277e8ed7f98062ca4850220123ff5bf85305fed667c0934

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-434 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/434

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2919, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2919

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6448fc90475fb988a277e8ed7f98062ca4850220123ff5bf85305fed667c0934

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LUMMIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5345-H5346):
  Article 1, Section 9: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  241 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2919, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2919

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6448fc90475fb988a277e8ed7f98062ca4850220123ff5bf85305fed667c0934

  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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