Social Media Working Group Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4263.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4263, Social Media Working Group Act of 2014” on June 17, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 11, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45454

  CBO publication date

  June 17, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4263, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e41f1bd0e915694629f219a695953546dfe6881d201b52d624be3f7cbda1f03

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-480 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 19, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/480

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4263, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e41f1bd0e915694629f219a695953546dfe6881d201b52d624be3f7cbda1f03

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2485):
  Article I, Section 8, To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  212 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4263, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e41f1bd0e915694629f219a695953546dfe6881d201b52d624be3f7cbda1f03

  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. 4263, 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.