SENSE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3797.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3797, SENSE Act” on March 7, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 25, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51358

  CBO publication date

  March 7, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c2f7efe3655255a20995abf4d5e7c5f62e52a1f90397b3d1d533f61d55c3f67

• 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. 114-445 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 7, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/445

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c2f7efe3655255a20995abf4d5e7c5f62e52a1f90397b3d1d533f61d55c3f67

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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. ROTHFUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 155, October 22, 2015, Page H7138):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c2f7efe3655255a20995abf4d5e7c5f62e52a1f90397b3d1d533f61d55c3f67

  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. 3797, last updated September 8, 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.