NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5049.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5049, NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 2016” on May 31, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 27, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51644

  CBO publication date

  May 31, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17c0822fe99c9bc88057760387ef07e75aae2f4a82df28b6856fed4f7ef2e516

• 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. 114-619 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 13, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/619

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17c0822fe99c9bc88057760387ef07e75aae2f4a82df28b6856fed4f7ef2e516

  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. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 64, April 26, 2016, Page H1995):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Consitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17c0822fe99c9bc88057760387ef07e75aae2f4a82df28b6856fed4f7ef2e516

  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. 5049, last updated April 21, 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.