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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 348.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 348, Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2015” on April 13, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50112

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 348, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/348

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04b12ed990aa479f3892097147bd19ceff78d2643a419abea554115c5323aa44

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-228 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 27, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/228

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 348, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/348

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04b12ed990aa479f3892097147bd19ceff78d2643a419abea554115c5323aa44

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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. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 7, January 14, 2015, Page H406):
  Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``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,'' and Article III, in that the legislation defines or…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  774 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 348, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/348

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04b12ed990aa479f3892097147bd19ceff78d2643a419abea554115c5323aa44

  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. 348, last updated September 8, 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.