E-LABEL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5161.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5161, Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014” on August 26, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 26, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45666

  CBO publication date

  August 26, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5161, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5161

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15752b027523fe040329a958018118d04ea4f19b3c54c838dd14856bc1cc6f93

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-575 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 8, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/575

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5161, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5161

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15752b027523fe040329a958018118d04ea4f19b3c54c838dd14856bc1cc6f93

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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. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6655):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  172 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5161, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5161

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15752b027523fe040329a958018118d04ea4f19b3c54c838dd14856bc1cc6f93

  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 S.2583, which became Public Law 113-197 on 11/26/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5161, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5161

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15752b027523fe040329a958018118d04ea4f19b3c54c838dd14856bc1cc6f93

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