Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5227.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5227, Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016” on June 8, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on May 17, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51673

  CBO publication date

  June 8, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5227, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42a91e5da8bd3ec198a83defa9fecc53b7863e9f05a8998d7ce6cc56ebc177d6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-706 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 25, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/706

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5227, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42a91e5da8bd3ec198a83defa9fecc53b7863e9f05a8998d7ce6cc56ebc177d6

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):
  Article 1. Section 8. The Congress shall have Power . . . To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Case whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authroity over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful Buildings;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  513 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5227, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42a91e5da8bd3ec198a83defa9fecc53b7863e9f05a8998d7ce6cc56ebc177d6

  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. 5227, 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.