Autism CARES Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4631.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4631, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 2014” on June 19, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 10, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45460

  CBO publication date

  June 19, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4631, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42747f82ba4f12f9212524291b3618a2762b8d043a311b4d5d5a0e2491771de7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-490 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 23, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/490

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4631, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42747f82ba4f12f9212524291b3618a2762b8d043a311b4d5d5a0e2491771de7

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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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4059):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  113 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4631, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42747f82ba4f12f9212524291b3618a2762b8d043a311b4d5d5a0e2491771de7

  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. 4631, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.