SAVE Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 285.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 285, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015” on January 27, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 21, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49915

  CBO publication date

  January 27, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 285, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f2fde9afc6b31a9883de10f63cd5c6ebc26aef473ed55df4ce73bc130f62aec

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-8 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on January 27, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/8

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 285, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f2fde9afc6b31a9883de10f63cd5c6ebc26aef473ed55df4ce73bc130f62aec

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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. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 5, January 12, 2015, Page H225):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution: ``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 Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  574 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 285, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f2fde9afc6b31a9883de10f63cd5c6ebc26aef473ed55df4ce73bc130f62aec

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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