Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1777.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1777, Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2015” on June 22, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 19, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50338

  CBO publication date

  June 22, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1777, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f81ea1a109cccb6b83f968f2688146e16c1291f8fbd0fc89bfb24d3250ada9a7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-209 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/209

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1777, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f81ea1a109cccb6b83f968f2688146e16c1291f8fbd0fc89bfb24d3250ada9a7

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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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 53, April 14, 2015, Page H2211):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1777, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f81ea1a109cccb6b83f968f2688146e16c1291f8fbd0fc89bfb24d3250ada9a7

  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. 1777, last updated March 4, 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.