To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4392.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4392, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by federal employees” on March 21, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51404

  CBO publication date

  March 21, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4392, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4392

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87dec84dd0b6caa6319a0c889c68e78f32d7aa9c93f8e7bacd6979bec59c0e4b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-484 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 12, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/484

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4392, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4392

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87dec84dd0b6caa6319a0c889c68e78f32d7aa9c93f8e7bacd6979bec59c0e4b

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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. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 8, January 13, 2016, Pages H364-H365):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 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 January 13, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4392, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4392

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87dec84dd0b6caa6319a0c889c68e78f32d7aa9c93f8e7bacd6979bec59c0e4b

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

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