Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5233.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5233, Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for D.C. Home Rule Act of 2016” on May 23, 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, May 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51614

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5233, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5233

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-586 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/586

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5233, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5233

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):
  Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, Congress has the authority ``to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Accpetance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States . . . ''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5233, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5233

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bbeb04ede939eb2c29a13704a0029655dfc19c1fa4c2a0d58b2bd1ec528cd64c

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5233, 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.