Innovation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3309.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3309, Innovation Act” on November 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 20, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44922

  CBO publication date

  November 27, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3309, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f1f89ca78a3f7c29d2a5527a7b8baeaf8cb437434a14f5064b495dec9715308

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-279 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 2, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/279

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3309, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f1f89ca78a3f7c29d2a5527a7b8baeaf8cb437434a14f5064b495dec9715308

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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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  3,716 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3309, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f1f89ca78a3f7c29d2a5527a7b8baeaf8cb437434a14f5064b495dec9715308

  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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