Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4612.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4612, Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016” on March 16, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51382

  CBO publication date

  March 16, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4612, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71fe6c5eae865ea8a8cd8eb8c9514388b3ae744220a99510ec9134e9933a5481

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-618 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 10, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/618

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4612, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71fe6c5eae865ea8a8cd8eb8c9514388b3ae744220a99510ec9134e9933a5481

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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. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 30, February 25, 2016, Page H949):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States; the power to regulate commerce among the several states and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. The purpose of the bill is to prohibit an outgoing Administration from publishing regulations during a moratorium period defined by Section 1, Title 3 of the U.S. Code through January 20 of the following year. Congress has the authority to limit regulations by the Executive branch under its Commerce Clause power and it is necessary and proper to introduce legislation to effectively carryout this power.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  673 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4612, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71fe6c5eae865ea8a8cd8eb8c9514388b3ae744220a99510ec9134e9933a5481

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