Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2596.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2596, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016” on June 8, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on June 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50280

  CBO publication date

  June 8, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f33176b0a6b8ba88c99521d248a85e000d5e961bf3dc6c578119ced7f43ee593

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-144 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on June 9, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/144

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. NUNES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 86, June 1, 2015, Page H3642):
  The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States''; `` . . . to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  946 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f33176b0a6b8ba88c99521d248a85e000d5e961bf3dc6c578119ced7f43ee593

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