Kelsey Smith Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4889.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4889, Kelsey Smith Act” on May 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51605

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4889, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e0647c814c33e00914e1ebb6b7bef86afcd185f1fbc720253adf4f8cbe363ab

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-580 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/580

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4889, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e0647c814c33e00914e1ebb6b7bef86afcd185f1fbc720253adf4f8cbe363ab

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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. YODER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1585):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, The Congress shal have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and the general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4889, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e0647c814c33e00914e1ebb6b7bef86afcd185f1fbc720253adf4f8cbe363ab

  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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