Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4595.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 28, February 23, 2016, Page H855):
  Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4595, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4595

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0b58f8b1421c23ab656dfa89b749f71aa626037ccc81f410c03410831bc3f7c

  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. 4595, 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.