Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 500.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 500, Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act” on April 28, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 23, 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/50142

  CBO publication date

  April 28, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 500, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54d9acedc4ea4a584d93683d17261592e01700da85cd9fb730e173574aede795

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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. HONDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 500, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54d9acedc4ea4a584d93683d17261592e01700da85cd9fb730e173574aede795

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 500, last updated August 12, 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.