Federal Intern Protection Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3231.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3231, Federal Intern Protection Act of 2015” on November 5, 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, November 5, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50972

  CBO publication date

  November 5, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3231, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-383 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 18, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/383

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3231, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5590):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3231, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fb0305c567972cc84d3497aba69c7361396c167c75861f5870e0a2604dc43720

  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. 3231, last updated December 6, 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.