Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3387.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3387, Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016” on December 8, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52327

  CBO publication date

  December 8, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3387, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2353b6a4c89830c7db45e8ae6ed57c629e9b49d7c2e0436cb3b948b83b89bfe6

• 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. 114-864 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 12, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/864

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3387, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2353b6a4c89830c7db45e8ae6ed57c629e9b49d7c2e0436cb3b948b83b89bfe6

  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 Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5773):
  section 1 of article I, and clause 18, section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  82 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3387, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2353b6a4c89830c7db45e8ae6ed57c629e9b49d7c2e0436cb3b948b83b89bfe6

  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. 3387, 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.