Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4681.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4681, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015” on May 23, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May 22, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45395

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4681, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4681

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b96c04ef99f1ed225ec2ea17ea45d6ff3a3045236bb28117272ecc142bc51c8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-463 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on May 27, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 27, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/463

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4681, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4681

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 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. ROGERS of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4684):
  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 July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  944 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4681, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4681

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b96c04ef99f1ed225ec2ea17ea45d6ff3a3045236bb28117272ecc142bc51c8

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• Congress.gov noteA Joint Explanatory Statement to accompany this bill, published in the Congressional Record on December 4, 2014, was intended to have the same effect as if it were part of a report from a committee of conference.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4681, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4681

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b96c04ef99f1ed225ec2ea17ea45d6ff3a3045236bb28117272ecc142bc51c8

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