National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1735.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016” on May 4, 2015. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary estimate of the direct spending effects of H.R. 1735, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on April 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50152

  CBO publication date

  May 4, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016” on May 11, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 5, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50173

  CBO publication date

  May 11, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016” on September 30, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the Rules Committee website on September 29, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50857

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1735, Ten-Year Budgetary Effects of Changes to the Military Retirement System” on October 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As cleared by the Congress on October 7, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50893

  CBO publication date

  October 15, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-102,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 114-102,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 114-270 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 13, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/102
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/102
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/270

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

  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. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 52, April 13, 2015, Page H2153):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1735, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac03fe527ceb7c9d386f68641130998a1b46013bc5f01745b3db798cc5df7cae

  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. 1735, 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.