Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1259.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act” on April 7, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 26, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50096

  CBO publication date

  April 7, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1259, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-60 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 13, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/60

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1259, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ecd8a093361fb05e328e134bb673646e3cad0f1138e5bbbe4ae6d8381f67912f

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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. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1615):
  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.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  172 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1259, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ecd8a093361fb05e328e134bb673646e3cad0f1138e5bbbe4ae6d8381f67912f

  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. 1259, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.