Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4657.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 33, March 1, 2016, Page H1084):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . To regulate Commerce within foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4657, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5683274bc6c506e7677cfcbc616e33a3757c759ab237f5e4ff1f8fbf3653851

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4657, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.