National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4743.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4743, National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2016” on May 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51573

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4743, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4743

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f2694c2e533a835bbed51eb36b0c00e6c668b5c7c00c09a0d116f483b3175321

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-565 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 13, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/565

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4743, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4743

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f2694c2e533a835bbed51eb36b0c00e6c668b5c7c00c09a0d116f483b3175321

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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. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 41, March 15, 2016, Page H1389):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  422 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4743, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4743

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f2694c2e533a835bbed51eb36b0c00e6c668b5c7c00c09a0d116f483b3175321

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