STEM Education Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1020.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1020, STEM Education Act of 2015” on June 4, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50268

  CBO publication date

  June 4, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1020, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe06b2948407c48feb67d1e4ee05304e854a6aebfc78ed8a33f72a50b1d962be

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-115 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on August 4, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/115

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1020, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe06b2948407c48feb67d1e4ee05304e854a6aebfc78ed8a33f72a50b1d962be

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 29, February 20, 2015, Page H1084):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power 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 ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  482 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1020, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe06b2948407c48feb67d1e4ee05304e854a6aebfc78ed8a33f72a50b1d962be

  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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