ABLE Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 647.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014” on August 28, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 31, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 28, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45679

  CBO publication date

  August 28, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014” on September 23, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 31, 2014. This estimate supersedes the previous estimate for H.R. 647, which was transmitted on August 27, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45743

  CBO publication date

  September 23, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE Act) of 2014” on December 2, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 1, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 2, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49814

  CBO publication date

  December 2, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-614 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 12, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/614

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,716 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  daddce0c047ea5c8d8366037e880a285e0e5682511e15ba7a37cc74d5a51373e

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 647, last updated December 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.