Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4549.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4549, Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act of 2016” on April 14, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 23, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51467

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 114-493 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 13, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/493

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23f309a3dc68d2b0b397008137940a3b925e64c9e2df51206b9e91e533558e51

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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. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 25, February 11, 2016, Page H775):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2016 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  174 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23f309a3dc68d2b0b397008137940a3b925e64c9e2df51206b9e91e533558e51

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