Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 982.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013” on June 10, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 21, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44326

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 982, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0aaaa7eb8f95102d90c86c9acffdfc324942af829312f5782984b67f10894dcc

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-254 ↗; H. Rept. 113-254,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 12, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/254
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/254

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 982, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0aaaa7eb8f95102d90c86c9acffdfc324942af829312f5782984b67f10894dcc

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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 H1320):
  Article 1 Section 8, clause 4 (to establish an uniform Rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  156 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 982, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0aaaa7eb8f95102d90c86c9acffdfc324942af829312f5782984b67f10894dcc

  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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