Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2578.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-130 ↗; S. Rept. 114-66 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on June 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/130
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/66

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4688296a20aea3bb5aad9400256949cfe17a483207a7e6170f617f09c2bac829

  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. CULBERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 84, May 29, 2015, Page H3582):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4688296a20aea3bb5aad9400256949cfe17a483207a7e6170f617f09c2bac829

  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 CBO cost estimate (as of March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2578, last updated March 4, 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.