PROP Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 23, February 9, 2016, Page H650):
  Article One, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying in Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4499, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dfa0e9891c3ef55fa57187312c6d31ed20ccdefab68322f12cf7783011b1d44c

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4499, last updated December 5, 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.