DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1626.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1626, DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015” on June 3, 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 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50263

  CBO publication date

  June 3, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1626, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b3d394775dae0623d6f2a7dbf5bbadae0f971992e0ab13011d0e244c3bef701

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 17, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/162

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1626, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b3d394775dae0623d6f2a7dbf5bbadae0f971992e0ab13011d0e244c3bef701

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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. HURD of Texas, 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. 1626, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b3d394775dae0623d6f2a7dbf5bbadae0f971992e0ab13011d0e244c3bef701

  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. 1626, last updated December 6, 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.