O-VISA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3636.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3636, Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act” on June 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51680

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3636, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3636

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f94e0b323dfdceb464ad762dac08fb560000316b54461eb7f223d0af23d56fc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-614 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 10, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/614

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3636, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3636

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f94e0b323dfdceb464ad762dac08fb560000316b54461eb7f223d0af23d56fc

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 141, September 29, 2015, Page H6705):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution [which] provides that Congress shall have power to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3636, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3636

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f94e0b323dfdceb464ad762dac08fb560000316b54461eb7f223d0af23d56fc

  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. 3636, 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.