House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2014
- Committee actionJun 11, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2014 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4539.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4539, Bureau Research Transparency Act” on August 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45622
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4539, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f99c92a452f21a1c129e82df402f20c75d12b6b62fd32ae0f2d8e8940163919b
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3408):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4539, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f99c92a452f21a1c129e82df402f20c75d12b6b62fd32ae0f2d8e8940163919b
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4539, last updated August 12, 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.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.