Default Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 692.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act” on September 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 10, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50826

  CBO publication date

  September 16, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 692, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6aa0952fc611614739167c51a844f19d739e848aa68940153dd219114053862b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-265 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 18, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/265

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 692, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6aa0952fc611614739167c51a844f19d739e848aa68940153dd219114053862b

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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. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 18, February 3, 2015, Page H757):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States Constitution, which confer on Congress the power to collect and manage revenue for the payment of debts owed by the United States and to borrow money on the credit of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imports and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on credit of the United States;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  628 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 692, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6aa0952fc611614739167c51a844f19d739e848aa68940153dd219114053862b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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