Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises Act of 2015 or the RAISE Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1839.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises Act of 2015” on August 21, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50751

  CBO publication date

  August 21, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223c49bdedd3766f40982cc893086f5c373266eb4ba93ef05106c6c04a86ce1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-281 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on October 6, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/281

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223c49bdedd3766f40982cc893086f5c373266eb4ba93ef05106c6c04a86ce1

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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. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2308):
  Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5223c49bdedd3766f40982cc893086f5c373266eb4ba93ef05106c6c04a86ce1

  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. 1839, 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.