Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2029.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2029, Amendment #1 (2016 Omnibus)” on December 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 16, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51094

  CBO publication date

  December 16, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2029, as Cleared for the President’s Signature on December 18, 2015 (Appropriations, Tax Extenders, and Other Matters)” on December 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As cleared for the President’s signature on December 18, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51098

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2029, as signed into law on December 18, 2015 (H-2B Provision)” on December 22, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As signed into law on December 18, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51100

  CBO publication date

  December 22, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

• 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.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-92 ↗; S. Rept. 114-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on May 21, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/92
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/57

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 61, April 27, 2015, Page H2475):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  803 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

  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 noteA Joint Explanatory Statement to accompany this bill is published in the December 18, 2015 Congressional Record.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2029, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2448e34d1e7b970b05005dc33b95f23d4110871fff86c013a73fb18aff1aa8bd

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2029, 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.