Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1493.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1493, Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act” on May 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 23, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50164

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1493, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d79ca1a350501021d09bcac53e7acf392a17bb8ac3ed0195530943629fac0e5

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1493, Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act” on February 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on January 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51245

  CBO publication date

  February 12, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1493, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d79ca1a350501021d09bcac53e7acf392a17bb8ac3ed0195530943629fac0e5

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1805):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1493, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d79ca1a350501021d09bcac53e7acf392a17bb8ac3ed0195530943629fac0e5

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1493, last updated March 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.