Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4557.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016” on February 29, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 25, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 29, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51319

  CBO publication date

  February 29, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4557

  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. 114-439 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 29, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 29, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/439

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4557

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 26, February 12, 2016, Page H818):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4557, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4557

  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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4557, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.