Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4661.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4434):
  The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  945 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4661, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4661

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebc4f0b0d5eeb9b6761842e289996186d694d7c9e1c81459964a00b71dabce65

  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.4681, which became Public Law 113-293 on 12/19/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4661, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4661

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebc4f0b0d5eeb9b6761842e289996186d694d7c9e1c81459964a00b71dabce65

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4661, 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.