Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1987.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1987, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015” on May 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50201

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1987, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c34e81b39e1ff815c0193a6074fa2b31835e5346cd3ae4009f6a40af80828960

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-115 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 15, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/115

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1987, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c34e81b39e1ff815c0193a6074fa2b31835e5346cd3ae4009f6a40af80828960

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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. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2465):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1987, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c34e81b39e1ff815c0193a6074fa2b31835e5346cd3ae4009f6a40af80828960

  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. 1987, 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.