Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4660.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-448 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/448

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4660, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  62dbeddede2342d193253c25f32960bd33122698bb8495f21837bc14a37e40b7

  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. WOLF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4434):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

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  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4660, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  62dbeddede2342d193253c25f32960bd33122698bb8495f21837bc14a37e40b7

  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 noteFor further action, see H.R.83, which became Public Law 113-235 on 12/16/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4660, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  62dbeddede2342d193253c25f32960bd33122698bb8495f21837bc14a37e40b7

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4660, last updated July 2, 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.