What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5169.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5169, What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act” on June 2, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 24, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51649

  CBO publication date

  June 2, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5169, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5169

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06b801a650181980389acc4b796cd68fc00e991f8cd09c3e6f4794055c958ca2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-615 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 10, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/615

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5169, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5169

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06b801a650181980389acc4b796cd68fc00e991f8cd09c3e6f4794055c958ca2

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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. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 71, May 6, 2016, Page H2160):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5169, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5169

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06b801a650181980389acc4b796cd68fc00e991f8cd09c3e6f4794055c958ca2

  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. 5169, 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.