Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2347.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2347, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2015” on December 1, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 9, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51029

  CBO publication date

  December 1, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2347, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2347

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27ffa465d044de31dcc5d15a55c76d5a091a09fe611d3b4a4b189a48ab73f395

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-386 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 6, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/386

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2347, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2347

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27ffa465d044de31dcc5d15a55c76d5a091a09fe611d3b4a4b189a48ab73f395

  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. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 75, May 15, 2015, Page H3252):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2347, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2347

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27ffa465d044de31dcc5d15a55c76d5a091a09fe611d3b4a4b189a48ab73f395

  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. 2347, 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.