Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5402.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5402, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014” on November 7, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49761

  CBO publication date

  November 7, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5402, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  286de107e2258f30b93bf305caa9366abafec4f1dc893f0357f675a46d5a32b7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-658 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 11, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/658

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5402, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  286de107e2258f30b93bf305caa9366abafec4f1dc893f0357f675a46d5a32b7

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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. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7296):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes;'' Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof;'' and, Article III of the United States Constitution, in…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  808 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5402, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  286de107e2258f30b93bf305caa9366abafec4f1dc893f0357f675a46d5a32b7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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