VFD Repeal Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5140.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2151):
  Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3, and 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5140, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ddd2adb7a960bedda730c3bd71d625b89c056d989ea73ccb9a8bd4ae07556db

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5140, last updated August 12, 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.