National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2039.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2039, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017” on May 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 4, 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/50200

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2039, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2039

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ea86c2107b4d7e5053cd3657b31a1b480795d6a4d6c82d90dbccec010833394

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 62, April 28, 2015, Page H2498):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes. and 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 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  457 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2039, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2039

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ea86c2107b4d7e5053cd3657b31a1b480795d6a4d6c82d90dbccec010833394

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2039, last updated December 5, 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.