Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 598.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 598, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act” on August 13, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 22, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50732

  CBO publication date

  August 13, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 598, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/598

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2e0761da96c9ef447de2606784674ff6f784a46eb566f030e655056d4258516

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-298 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 20, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/298

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 598, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/598

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2e0761da96c9ef447de2606784674ff6f784a46eb566f030e655056d4258516

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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. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):
  Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7--No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 598, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/598

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2e0761da96c9ef447de2606784674ff6f784a46eb566f030e655056d4258516

  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. 598, last updated December 6, 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.