National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4408.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4408, National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51269

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4408, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cfae265300c82b659660e2258d419205a06a34089017866c036bb5443570d8e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-424 ↗. 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/424

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4408, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cfae265300c82b659660e2258d419205a06a34089017866c036bb5443570d8e

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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 18, February 1, 2016, Page 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

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4408, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cfae265300c82b659660e2258d419205a06a34089017866c036bb5443570d8e

  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. 4408, 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.