Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4768.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4768, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” on June 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 8, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51692

  CBO publication date

  June 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53c28a9748c4a82aedf494001d7a0caef55f09366a1cc7e753f57b22359b1594

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-622 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/622

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53c28a9748c4a82aedf494001d7a0caef55f09366a1cc7e753f57b22359b1594

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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. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 42, March 16, 2016, Page H1420):
  Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 1 and 4, of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to legislation by Congress; Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  863 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4768, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53c28a9748c4a82aedf494001d7a0caef55f09366a1cc7e753f57b22359b1594

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4768, last updated August 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.