Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4870.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 113-211 ↗; H. Rept. 113-473 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on July 17, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/211
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/473

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4870, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4870

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afe0f1b6511ab875a0bc2b2aa53c0d2690b13addf4c9c63d840a4603b2a56bfd

  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. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5368):
  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 April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  822 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4870, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4870

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afe0f1b6511ab875a0bc2b2aa53c0d2690b13addf4c9c63d840a4603b2a56bfd

  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 April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4870, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4870

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afe0f1b6511ab875a0bc2b2aa53c0d2690b13addf4c9c63d840a4603b2a56bfd

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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