Email Privacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 699.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 699, Email Privacy Act” on April 25, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51497

  CBO publication date

  April 25, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 699, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4219377b8a9f4a2a1c64341d2670ef6f64d2840d41ad7184d5e44bdbdcaf169f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-528 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 26, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/528

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 699, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4219377b8a9f4a2a1c64341d2670ef6f64d2840d41ad7184d5e44bdbdcaf169f

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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. YODER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H812):
  Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  345 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 699, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4219377b8a9f4a2a1c64341d2670ef6f64d2840d41ad7184d5e44bdbdcaf169f

  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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