Zika Vector Control Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 897.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 897, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015” on March 26, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 19, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50054

  CBO publication date

  March 26, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0077a821610e2e5b507c0e1a33cd54fd391827596a1b7f5325eebc113aa16b3

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H983):
  Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the Constitutional authority for this legislation in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, that grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested by Congress in the Constitution of the United States or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  389 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0077a821610e2e5b507c0e1a33cd54fd391827596a1b7f5325eebc113aa16b3

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 897, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.