ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4138.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4138, Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law Act of 2014” on March 11, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45178

  CBO publication date

  March 11, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4138, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-377 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 8, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 8, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/377

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4138, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2eadad7c1d2add479d815b5301ff89b8eec464f5ec28b815fd84d740c658325

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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. GOWDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2148):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts. In addition, each House of Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  358 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4138, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2eadad7c1d2add479d815b5301ff89b8eec464f5ec28b815fd84d740c658325

  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. 4138, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.