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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5278.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5278, Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” on June 3, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 25, 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/51650

  CBO publication date

  June 3, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5278, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7900cdaef7fe7ad470666badbe6320e22b9bdc578aa4a86eade3ac68274fcef2

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-602 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 3, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/602

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5278, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7900cdaef7fe7ad470666badbe6320e22b9bdc578aa4a86eade3ac68274fcef2

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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. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 79, May 18, 2016, Page H2845):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5278, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7900cdaef7fe7ad470666badbe6320e22b9bdc578aa4a86eade3ac68274fcef2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

• Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2328, which became Public Law 114-187 on 6/30/2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5278, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7900cdaef7fe7ad470666badbe6320e22b9bdc578aa4a86eade3ac68274fcef2

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5278, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.