American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4438.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4438, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014” on May 2, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 29, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45324

  CBO publication date

  May 2, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4438, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  645db52161aa013e80e7995c1aa1abffeaab395ece49f5f4e0c2f7a54c5c211f

• 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. 113-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 2, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/431

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4438, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  645db52161aa013e80e7995c1aa1abffeaab395ece49f5f4e0c2f7a54c5c211f

  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 Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3143):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises. . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  149 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4438, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  645db52161aa013e80e7995c1aa1abffeaab395ece49f5f4e0c2f7a54c5c211f

  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. 4438, 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.