Over-The-Counter Contraceptives Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5138.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2150):
  The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is in the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution as applied to providing for the general welfare of the United States through the administration of the Federal Drug Administration and in the power of the Congress To 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 as enumerated by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  563 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5138, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  884fa187cea7ad57e1acff7332a48f3dd91105985e9f3d5e6396cbc9e27252ca

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5138, last updated December 5, 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.