Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2319.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2319, Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2015” on September 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51940

  CBO publication date

  September 1, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2319, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9df11966cf7f505434e25d12c66198cc6bf3a505b94da8eb7f5e2709f37f94ca

• 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. 114-757 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 19, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/757

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2319, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9df11966cf7f505434e25d12c66198cc6bf3a505b94da8eb7f5e2709f37f94ca

  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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 74, May 14, 2015, Page H3213):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2319, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9df11966cf7f505434e25d12c66198cc6bf3a505b94da8eb7f5e2709f37f94ca

  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. 2319, 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.