DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4398.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4398, DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016” on February 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 2, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51264

  CBO publication date

  February 18, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4398, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b82e68fff3764462d9e0a260620d3a428cdaba1c324e54d4063215602edde221

• 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. 114-425 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on February 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/425

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4398, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b82e68fff3764462d9e0a260620d3a428cdaba1c324e54d4063215602edde221

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 18, February 1, 2016, Page H431):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4398, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b82e68fff3764462d9e0a260620d3a428cdaba1c324e54d4063215602edde221

  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. 4398, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.