Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4450.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4450, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014” on July 21, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2014 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45562

  CBO publication date

  July 21, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4450, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 113-542 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 22, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2014 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/542

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4450, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3197):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (which states that ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'') and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (which states that the Congress shall have the Power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes'') of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  587 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4450, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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