PIPES Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4937.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4937, PIPES Act of 2016” on May 27, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 20, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51632

  CBO publication date

  May 27, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4937, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4937

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acf1f846c216d2fe88477d0232721186fdd33f028fbed318b355d5784194a5a3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-807 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/807

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4937, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4937

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acf1f846c216d2fe88477d0232721186fdd33f028fbed318b355d5784194a5a3

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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. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 57, April 14, 2016, Page H1736):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 and Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4937, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4937

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acf1f846c216d2fe88477d0232721186fdd33f028fbed318b355d5784194a5a3

  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. 4937, 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.