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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3394.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3394, Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity Act” on May 24, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 27, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51622

  CBO publication date

  May 24, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3394, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63de2ce19460008c126542f8819d0873ddd4d1fe5d9a9ed8137f635a96c7e96b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-685 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/685

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3394, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63de2ce19460008c126542f8819d0873ddd4d1fe5d9a9ed8137f635a96c7e96b

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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. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5774):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the United States: To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution of the United States: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  897 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3394, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63de2ce19460008c126542f8819d0873ddd4d1fe5d9a9ed8137f635a96c7e96b

  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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