Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1927.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1927, Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015” on July 30, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 24, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50693

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1927, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1927

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6c68358c1b3b12d1993f1c2efca5c4601f8998b6071d403a3232f34425a6401

• 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. 114-328 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 5, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 5, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/328

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1927, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1927

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6c68358c1b3b12d1993f1c2efca5c4601f8998b6071d403a3232f34425a6401

  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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 59, April 22, 2015, Page H2417):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1927, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1927

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6c68358c1b3b12d1993f1c2efca5c4601f8998b6071d403a3232f34425a6401

  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. 1927, last updated August 10, 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.