Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 526.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 526, Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015” on May 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50232

  CBO publication date

  May 29, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 526, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/526

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093f8c63b4d7a771ae0ec4e4ab090bc162689347f20c2a5fa847789663f922b1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-352 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2015 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/352

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 526, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/526

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093f8c63b4d7a771ae0ec4e4ab090bc162689347f20c2a5fa847789663f922b1

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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. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 12, January 26, 2015, Page H582):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes;'' Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to establish . . . uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;'' and Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  898 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 526, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/526

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  093f8c63b4d7a771ae0ec4e4ab090bc162689347f20c2a5fa847789663f922b1

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