FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3557.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act” on February 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51236

  CBO publication date

  February 10, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a74642c9a4f9d56c15388e2be86ce8fe1e615b517325a95489e1960e7dc588f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-507 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 19, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/507

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a74642c9a4f9d56c15388e2be86ce8fe1e615b517325a95489e1960e7dc588f

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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. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 135, September 18, 2015, Page H6179):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress shall have Power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States and within the Indian Tribes'') and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (The Congress shall have Power ``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 Officer thereof'').
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  472 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a74642c9a4f9d56c15388e2be86ce8fe1e615b517325a95489e1960e7dc588f

  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. 3557, 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.