DHS FOIA Efficiency Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1615.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1615, DHS FOIA Efficiency Act of 2015” on June 2, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50258

  CBO publication date

  June 2, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9add37de801e738716bf3773654e9e8fb1632f64571835e832ce874e0e26f681

• 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.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-148 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 11, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/148

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9add37de801e738716bf3773654e9e8fb1632f64571835e832ce874e0e26f681

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: 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 March 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9add37de801e738716bf3773654e9e8fb1632f64571835e832ce874e0e26f681

  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. 1615, last updated August 10, 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.