America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1806.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015” on May 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 22, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50161

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1806, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1806

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d574c3d9f972c0a8a885a3f20b70fb2fc3e92d328f8d85b071d83fafe06f2ac2

• 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 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-107,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 114-107,Part 1 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 14, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/107
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/107

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1806, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1806

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d574c3d9f972c0a8a885a3f20b70fb2fc3e92d328f8d85b071d83fafe06f2ac2

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 54, April 15, 2015, Page H2269):
  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 April 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1806, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1806

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d574c3d9f972c0a8a885a3f20b70fb2fc3e92d328f8d85b071d83fafe06f2ac2

  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. 1806, 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.