To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify probationary periods with respect to positions within the competitive service and the Senior Executive Service, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3023.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3023, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to modify probationary periods with respect to positions within the competitive service and the Senior Executive Service, and for other purposes” on February 26, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on January, 12, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51285

  CBO publication date

  February 26, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3023, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3023

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e81de04e050cf6e77ed584a4f6f233d3ec0d67cf1204e570d59a10bf6a342133

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-472 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/472

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3023, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3023

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e81de04e050cf6e77ed584a4f6f233d3ec0d67cf1204e570d59a10bf6a342133

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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. BUCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 107, July 10, 2015, Page H5088):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3023, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3023

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e81de04e050cf6e77ed584a4f6f233d3ec0d67cf1204e570d59a10bf6a342133

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

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