Gold Star Families Voices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4511.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4511, Gold Star Families Voices Act” on June 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on May 17, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51691

  CBO publication date

  June 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4511, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4511

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71d89bba9ea79cfe88cfab0ad2916a3572f0ef7b2c1743c7d3c0044f1dce2cc6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-663 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 5, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/663

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4511, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4511

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71d89bba9ea79cfe88cfab0ad2916a3572f0ef7b2c1743c7d3c0044f1dce2cc6

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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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 23, February 9, 2016, Page H651):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4511, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4511

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71d89bba9ea79cfe88cfab0ad2916a3572f0ef7b2c1743c7d3c0044f1dce2cc6

  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. 4511, last updated December 6, 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.