Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5048.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5048, Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 27, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51560

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5048, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5048

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1602d7c80c28491c5ab2b5389737e4d5bca58434977812b1149365cb934f7367

• 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. 114-540 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/540

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5048, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5048

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1602d7c80c28491c5ab2b5389737e4d5bca58434977812b1149365cb934f7367

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUINTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 64, April 26, 2016, Page H1995):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  114 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5048, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5048

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1602d7c80c28491c5ab2b5389737e4d5bca58434977812b1149365cb934f7367

  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. 5048, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.