Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2579.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015” on June 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50302

  CBO publication date

  June 12, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0dcc715c9f70f28954836074415787d48719321098fbe387660a981cc9fb3240

• 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. 114-160 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means 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/160

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0dcc715c9f70f28954836074415787d48719321098fbe387660a981cc9fb3240

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 84, May 29, 2015, Page H3582):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0dcc715c9f70f28954836074415787d48719321098fbe387660a981cc9fb3240

  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. 2579, 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.