Keep the Promise Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 308.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 308, Keep the Promise Act of 2015” on April 24, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50136

  CBO publication date

  April 24, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 308, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/308

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f054b623d986381dd4aa461c1d43a14e5f6e61033b7bce9bda7008d776747bd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-95 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 29, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/95

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 308, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/308

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f054b623d986381dd4aa461c1d43a14e5f6e61033b7bce9bda7008d776747bd

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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. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 308, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/308

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f054b623d986381dd4aa461c1d43a14e5f6e61033b7bce9bda7008d776747bd

  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. 308, last updated December 10, 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.