Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3624.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3624, Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016” on February 16, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 3, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51252

  CBO publication date

  February 16, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3624, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3624

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05a73dc889564a44f753651c30b004be8b279ec517ec10e2bd28d08fd0333cf0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-422 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 16, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/422

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3624, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3624

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05a73dc889564a44f753651c30b004be8b279ec517ec10e2bd28d08fd0333cf0

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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. 140, September 28, 2015, Page H6307):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article III, section 1, clause I; and article III section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over the federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  254 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3624, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3624

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05a73dc889564a44f753651c30b004be8b279ec517ec10e2bd28d08fd0333cf0

  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. 3624, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.