Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2745.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2745, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015” on October 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50898

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2745

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a50dbf01cca17458bada78271b3c5d070348c1436042a05df78abed2a624616

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-449 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/449

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2745

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a50dbf01cca17458bada78271b3c5d070348c1436042a05df78abed2a624616

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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. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 94, June 12, 2015, Page H4344):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes,'' Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``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 or…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  877 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2745

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a50dbf01cca17458bada78271b3c5d070348c1436042a05df78abed2a624616

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