Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5044.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 63, April 25, 2016, Page H1944):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2016 ↗

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  H.R. 5044, 114th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5044

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

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  September 22, 2026

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  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 noteOn 6/21/2016, a motion was filed to discharge the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget from the consideration of H.R. 5044. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 114-5: text with signatures.)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

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  September 22, 2026

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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