REVIEW Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3438.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3438, REVIEW Act of 2016” on September 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51987

  CBO publication date

  September 12, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3438, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  876a8c004ca090f8d3023104013041d46a7e9a61dcbe29840a8dd2ca381e801b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-743 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 13, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/743

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3438, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  876a8c004ca090f8d3023104013041d46a7e9a61dcbe29840a8dd2ca381e801b

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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. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 125, August 4, 2015, Page H5788):
  Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislatin exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof;'' and Article III, Section 1, Clause 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clause 1, of…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  827 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3438, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  876a8c004ca090f8d3023104013041d46a7e9a61dcbe29840a8dd2ca381e801b

  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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