To authorize the establishment or designation of a working group under the National Science and Technology Council to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation opportunities.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1156.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1156, International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2015” on March 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50027

  CBO publication date

  March 12, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1156, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1156

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ba3ae56b2255c98db15c81ccc09edda48afa376e86df6acad725ae686c4e243

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 19, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/123

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1156, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1156

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ba3ae56b2255c98db15c81ccc09edda48afa376e86df6acad725ae686c4e243

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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. LIPINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 34, February 27, 2015, Page H1500):
  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 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  462 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1156, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1156

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ba3ae56b2255c98db15c81ccc09edda48afa376e86df6acad725ae686c4e243

  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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