To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50, United States Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2831.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2831, a bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50, United States Code” on February 9, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 2, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 9, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51231

  CBO publication date

  February 9, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2831, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c1224d0c79f01b46c02469a3f95bf2c0cd3464adefd7b63d65b831599156ebb

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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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 98, June 18, 2015, Page H4543):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution confers on Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. This legislation makes technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements. Making revisions to the United States Code is a necessary role of Congress with respect to executing the powers vested by…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  754 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2831, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c1224d0c79f01b46c02469a3f95bf2c0cd3464adefd7b63d65b831599156ebb

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