DHS Interoperable Communications Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 615.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 615, DHS Interoperable Communications Act” on March 17, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50042

  CBO publication date

  March 17, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19af13dea7996fb7ae07f99ded61ec6555a23e8b5470b17d08dbbbcb3e5342da

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-53 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 21, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/53

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19af13dea7996fb7ae07f99ded61ec6555a23e8b5470b17d08dbbbcb3e5342da

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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. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H664):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3, to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 615, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19af13dea7996fb7ae07f99ded61ec6555a23e8b5470b17d08dbbbcb3e5342da

  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. 615, last updated April 7, 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.