Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5163.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2151):
  Artilce I, Section 8 Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and excises, to pay Debts and provide for common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. Article IV, Section 3, The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or Property belonging to the United States. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  391 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5163, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5163

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1adaaac987066a5b675d8006e1c874944f8740149d95038f7ff396ea98e43f42

  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. 5163, 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.