Fostering Innovation Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4139.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015” on April 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 2, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51484

  CBO publication date

  April 19, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4139, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ec784179e36ebbccf011c2895f8f6e7481a233bcb3170e08ba17727398d1355

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-588 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/588

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4139, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ec784179e36ebbccf011c2895f8f6e7481a233bcb3170e08ba17727398d1355

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SINEMA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 173, December 1, 2015, Page H8860):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4139, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ec784179e36ebbccf011c2895f8f6e7481a233bcb3170e08ba17727398d1355

  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. 4139, 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.