FOIA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 653.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 653, FOIA Act” on May 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50163

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 653, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/653

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebdcf131a2f70e0a367b7c24a2e97d62b9428e5351841c5a9204293323ab965a

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-391 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 7, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/391

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 653, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/653

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebdcf131a2f70e0a367b7c24a2e97d62b9428e5351841c5a9204293323ab965a

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):
  Article I, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  427 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 653, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/653

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebdcf131a2f70e0a367b7c24a2e97d62b9428e5351841c5a9204293323ab965a

  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. 653, last updated August 10, 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.