FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1471.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1471, FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015” on July 13, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 15, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50383

  CBO publication date

  July 13, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7419f2932865acaeaa8512a1d5a73c10347de8d2b628dc0e633bd8059df2a13

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-436 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on February 29, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/436

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7419f2932865acaeaa8512a1d5a73c10347de8d2b628dc0e633bd8059df2a13

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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. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1804):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 (relating to interstate compacts).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  359 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7419f2932865acaeaa8512a1d5a73c10347de8d2b628dc0e633bd8059df2a13

  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. 1471, 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.