National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3696.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014” on May 13, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 5, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45316

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3696, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d1a70f6e7e36ac82c36799594d271d1cf6563769bd47eae463ecabfb5ab7511

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-550 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 23, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/550

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3696, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d1a70f6e7e36ac82c36799594d271d1cf6563769bd47eae463ecabfb5ab7511

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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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7688):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  249 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3696, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d1a70f6e7e36ac82c36799594d271d1cf6563769bd47eae463ecabfb5ab7511

  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. 3696, 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.