Federal Disaster Notification and Payment Protection Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4961.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 58, April 15, 2016, Page H1765):
  The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4961, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acca7bdd97199e0e28fc72563136cd9bc2101927cc6a5d8087fd052553f36dfd

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4961, last updated August 12, 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.