Thoroughly Investigating Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4639.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4639, Thoroughly Investigating Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Act” on April 11, 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, April 11, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51458

  CBO publication date

  April 11, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. 114-521 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 25, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/521

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 31, February 26, 2016, Page H1000):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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