Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3459.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3459, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act” on November 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 28, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51004

  CBO publication date

  November 12, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3459, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f3187f2b10c88307ee1b05bde4f36f278b68f17d3d60a7a1f03c4a1dcc62bfa

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-355 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 1, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/355

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3459, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f3187f2b10c88307ee1b05bde4f36f278b68f17d3d60a7a1f03c4a1dcc62bfa

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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. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 129, September 9, 2015, Page H5866):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3459, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f3187f2b10c88307ee1b05bde4f36f278b68f17d3d60a7a1f03c4a1dcc62bfa

  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. 3459, last updated September 22, 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.