Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1561.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1561, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2015” on May 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50176

  CBO publication date

  May 12, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1561, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86b69919362f688848e58ddda7c2c8193a9bb9039867ea8ed01fc1403f897048

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-126 ↗. 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/126

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1561, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86b69919362f688848e58ddda7c2c8193a9bb9039867ea8ed01fc1403f897048

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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. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 49, March 24, 2015, Page H1900):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with 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 of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  458 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1561, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86b69919362f688848e58ddda7c2c8193a9bb9039867ea8ed01fc1403f897048

  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. 1561, last updated September 8, 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.