Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 758.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 758, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015” on May 21, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50219

  CBO publication date

  May 21, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 758, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/758

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f3913d70aee05041b03528dce3eb7d7a956a85ba235a0af707c6f3c4d1b11868

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 8, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/246

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 758, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/758

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f3913d70aee05041b03528dce3eb7d7a956a85ba235a0af707c6f3c4d1b11868

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 20, February 5, 2015, Page H856):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 758, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/758

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f3913d70aee05041b03528dce3eb7d7a956a85ba235a0af707c6f3c4d1b11868

  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. 758, 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.