Global Development Lab Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3924.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3924, Global Development Lab Act of 2016” on March 24, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 24, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51412

  CBO publication date

  March 24, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3924, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3924

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8093d5576d4691ed9f4077ce44d1ed6737a471c8fef53a597648aad37bac6fa7

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 164, November 4, 2015, Page H7742):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS 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 November 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  423 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3924, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3924

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8093d5576d4691ed9f4077ce44d1ed6737a471c8fef53a597648aad37bac6fa7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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