Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1831.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1831, Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015” on May 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 16, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50242

  CBO publication date

  May 29, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1831, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  324704903131370c995a50677301fe27092fb095941c55747bcc6e34fbb55ef1

• 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. 114-211 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/211

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1831, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  324704903131370c995a50677301fe27092fb095941c55747bcc6e34fbb55ef1

  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. RYAN of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2308):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1831, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  324704903131370c995a50677301fe27092fb095941c55747bcc6e34fbb55ef1

  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. 1831, 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.