Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4820.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4820, Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016” on October 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on April 26, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52105

  CBO publication date

  October 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4820, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b806aa540da55f8bf71cf019115c3069addf3cfb32a3813a626ec67113eb1fa

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-525 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 26, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/525

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4820, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b806aa540da55f8bf71cf019115c3069addf3cfb32a3813a626ec67113eb1fa

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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. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 44, March 21, 2016, Pages H1495-H1496):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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 21, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4820, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b806aa540da55f8bf71cf019115c3069addf3cfb32a3813a626ec67113eb1fa

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4820, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.