Federal Register Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4195.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4195, Federal Register Modernization Act” on April 2, 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, April 2, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45234

  CBO publication date

  April 2, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4195, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4195

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d32f365ee855095abda767b6d6bc05ccf4f94568b6258ad7da925c942297b045

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-515 ↗. 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/515

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4195, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4195

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d32f365ee855095abda767b6d6bc05ccf4f94568b6258ad7da925c942297b045

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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. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2302):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Law which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  143 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4195, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4195

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d32f365ee855095abda767b6d6bc05ccf4f94568b6258ad7da925c942297b045

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4195, 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.