Fix Crowdfunding Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4855.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4855, Fix Crowdfunding Act” on July 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51763

  CBO publication date

  July 1, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4855, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397936676e1298ccdd551125c1c91c7c4c4e6b8f15115c72f354736cc97f9f72

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-661 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 5, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/661

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4855, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397936676e1298ccdd551125c1c91c7c4c4e6b8f15115c72f354736cc97f9f72

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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. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1584):
  Article 1, Section 8: 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4855, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397936676e1298ccdd551125c1c91c7c4c4e6b8f15115c72f354736cc97f9f72

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

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