Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4127.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 172, November 30, 2015, Page H8645):
  The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government, including those under Title 50 of the United States Code, are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support armies. . .''; and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  885 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4127, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4127

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  befc1ffc2d75c8e5202cc75edae8f487c7acb72f64f1eff468127ba9ac32319f

  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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4127, 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.