Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5273.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5273, Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016” on June 3, 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 3, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51651

  CBO publication date

  June 3, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e70ee5ab0a09b33a0630e764af239395ab09b4c14d31c9bc1a7c93103996e4b4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-604 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 7, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/604

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e70ee5ab0a09b33a0630e764af239395ab09b4c14d31c9bc1a7c93103996e4b4

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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. TIBERI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 79, May 18, 2016, Page H2845):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e70ee5ab0a09b33a0630e764af239395ab09b4c14d31c9bc1a7c93103996e4b4

  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. 5273, 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.