District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4185.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4185, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014” on May 19, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 12, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45380

  CBO publication date

  May 19, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4185, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8793957d06a86decb873c41bacf660df5aa3358055d0342620f385a47fe7689d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-514 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 3, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 3, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/514

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4185, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8793957d06a86decb873c41bacf660df5aa3358055d0342620f385a47fe7689d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2260):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4185, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8793957d06a86decb873c41bacf660df5aa3358055d0342620f385a47fe7689d

  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. 4185, 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.