Foreign Fighter Review Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4402.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4402, Foreign Fighter Review Act of 2016” on February 22, 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 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51270

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4402, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-423 ↗. 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/423

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4402, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. HURD of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 18, February 1, 2016, Pages H431-H432):
  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 February 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4402, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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