Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5111.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5111, Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016” on August 5, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51870

  CBO publication date

  August 5, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5111, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5111

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96ce3c704367def3d233470bd0b29d330b6938dc73f2e6f3c0b2baf98e703f89

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-731 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 9, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/731

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5111, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5111

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96ce3c704367def3d233470bd0b29d330b6938dc73f2e6f3c0b2baf98e703f89

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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. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 66, April 28, 2016, Page H2110):
  Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution This states that ``Congress shall have the power . . . lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5111, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5111

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96ce3c704367def3d233470bd0b29d330b6938dc73f2e6f3c0b2baf98e703f89

  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. 5111, 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.