DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3578.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3578, the DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015” on October 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50942

  CBO publication date

  October 29, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c5b2f7186022783f2bc0006d133ae9873e6573ef9580f2d3d4cf4a4be255de7

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 8, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/372

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c5b2f7186022783f2bc0006d133ae9873e6573ef9580f2d3d4cf4a4be255de7

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 135, September 18, 2015, Page H6180):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c5b2f7186022783f2bc0006d133ae9873e6573ef9580f2d3d4cf4a4be255de7

  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. 3578, last updated April 7, 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.