Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1770.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015” on April 20, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 15, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50127

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1770, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e39a2f1c335dc16155ef6c9714b678d4a30745006a9e1ab0f9a87027d2970af9

• 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. 114-908 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 3, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/908

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1770, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e39a2f1c335dc16155ef6c9714b678d4a30745006a9e1ab0f9a87027d2970af9

  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 Mrs. BLACKBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 53, April 14, 2015, Page H2210):
  Article I, Section 8 provides that Congress has the authority ``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 April 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1770, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e39a2f1c335dc16155ef6c9714b678d4a30745006a9e1ab0f9a87027d2970af9

  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. 1770, last updated April 7, 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.