Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3279.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3279, Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act” on November 5, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 27, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50973

  CBO publication date

  November 5, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dd4d4427fcaa246c7c4cbefc9e4663320a42fbcac146986a12ba03e61970145

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-351 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/351

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dd4d4427fcaa246c7c4cbefc9e4663320a42fbcac146986a12ba03e61970145

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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. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5770):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, which states that ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of Appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  306 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dd4d4427fcaa246c7c4cbefc9e4663320a42fbcac146986a12ba03e61970145

  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. 3279, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.