Department of Homeland Security CBRNE Defense Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3875.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3875, Department of Homeland Security CBRNE Defense Act of 2015” on December 1, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51043

  CBO publication date

  December 1, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3875, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3875

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee36a7d25cc616b6883a6292d3d67fc4dcb4e3c61b5dbbe343ec905aef295062

• 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. 114-334 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/334

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3875, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3875

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee36a7d25cc616b6883a6292d3d67fc4dcb4e3c61b5dbbe343ec905aef295062

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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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 162, November 2, 2015, Page H7390):
  Article 1, 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 of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3875, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3875

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee36a7d25cc616b6883a6292d3d67fc4dcb4e3c61b5dbbe343ec905aef295062

  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. 3875, 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.