Ditto Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4921.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4921, Ditto Act of 2016” on May 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 14, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51591

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4921, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4921

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3e7f8842d6182362b39f2bbf6f7bd484e0ff67e4b33d49f4709505dfca31f8b

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-636 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 21, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/636

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4921, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4921

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3e7f8842d6182362b39f2bbf6f7bd484e0ff67e4b33d49f4709505dfca31f8b

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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. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 56, April 13, 2016, Page H1680):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4921, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4921

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3e7f8842d6182362b39f2bbf6f7bd484e0ff67e4b33d49f4709505dfca31f8b

  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. 4921, 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.