Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 427.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 427, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015” on April 28, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 15, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50144

  CBO publication date

  April 28, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 427, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b31385ddd77c4196115d130c96791904030009c4a5f10dc9b6ccee3807f3e5f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-214 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 21, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/214

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 427, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b31385ddd77c4196115d130c96791904030009c4a5f10dc9b6ccee3807f3e5f

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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. YOUNG of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H481):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution, including the power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, of the United States Constitution, and the power granted to each House of Congress under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 427, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b31385ddd77c4196115d130c96791904030009c4a5f10dc9b6ccee3807f3e5f

  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. 427, 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.