Taxpayer-Funded Travel Transparency Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5336.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 84, May 26, 2016, Page H3295):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5336, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5336

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f26afd934123958dcf75b55c68f0f8dc978d3d54a30a5b4e2a389d97fa3ff087

  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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5336, 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.