Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 639.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 639, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act” on March 17, 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 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50039

  CBO publication date

  March 17, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52a1713e6982527654fd9096e903a720112462f6e31184f7f7fee35bc94eea67

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-41 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/41

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52a1713e6982527654fd9096e903a720112462f6e31184f7f7fee35bc94eea67

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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. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52a1713e6982527654fd9096e903a720112462f6e31184f7f7fee35bc94eea67

  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. 639, last updated March 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.