Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 471.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 471, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015” on March 2, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 12, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49971

  CBO publication date

  March 2, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1dc8c576a24039fc9a1df79abe805f608f633c863a98b407efdadf17b7d013

• 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. 114-85 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 20, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/85

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1dc8c576a24039fc9a1df79abe805f608f633c863a98b407efdadf17b7d013

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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. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The Constitution's Commerce Clause allows Congress to enact laws when reasonably related to the regulation of interstate commerce.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  196 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 471, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1dc8c576a24039fc9a1df79abe805f608f633c863a98b407efdadf17b7d013

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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