Lali's Law

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4586.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4586, Lali’s Law” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51554

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4586, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4586

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  212c60ce2fa8f02ab82be472b24b8e406595d64fe7c044c05fa5139dbd665685

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-555 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 11, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/555

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4586, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4586

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  212c60ce2fa8f02ab82be472b24b8e406595d64fe7c044c05fa5139dbd665685

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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. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 28, February 23, 2016, Page H854):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4586, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4586

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  212c60ce2fa8f02ab82be472b24b8e406595d64fe7c044c05fa5139dbd665685

  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. 4586, last updated April 21, 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.