Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5421.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5421, Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014” on November 10, 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 10, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49762

  CBO publication date

  November 10, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5421, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b3369544bfe2195fd6706897aacb276462decbffb8536733c0d5e7398d8591b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-630 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 1, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/630

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5421, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b3369544bfe2195fd6706897aacb276462decbffb8536733c0d5e7398d8591b

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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. BACHUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7388):
  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 4 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to establish ... uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;'' Article I, Section 8, clause 9 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to constitute Tribunals inferior to the…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  1,268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5421, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b3369544bfe2195fd6706897aacb276462decbffb8536733c0d5e7398d8591b

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