Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5226.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5226, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016” on September 8, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 17, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51979

  CBO publication date

  September 8, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5226, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79174300305b39c8aee395781e7e0a46bd061f494a670e1d442163d215df4d59

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-729 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 8, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/729

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5226, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79174300305b39c8aee395781e7e0a46bd061f494a670e1d442163d215df4d59

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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. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States; the power to regulate commerce among the several states and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. The bill will prevent Executive Agencies from violating the rule and spirit of the Administrative Procedures Act by requiring additional transparency about public communications made by the agencies; most importantly communications made with the intent of artificially promoting support for pending regulatory actions. Congress has the authority to limit regulations by the Executive branch under its Commerce Clause power and it…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  782 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5226, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79174300305b39c8aee395781e7e0a46bd061f494a670e1d442163d215df4d59

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