Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4599.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4599, Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016” on May 27, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on May 11, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51630

  CBO publication date

  May 27, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4599, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb0e8f64992190a70321c2c72a90c1726cc56fb0d11c031f3988033285081725

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-556 ↗. 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/556

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4599, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb0e8f64992190a70321c2c72a90c1726cc56fb0d11c031f3988033285081725

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 29, February 24, 2016, Page H892):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4599, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb0e8f64992190a70321c2c72a90c1726cc56fb0d11c031f3988033285081725

  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. 4599, last updated October 28, 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.