Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5389.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5389, Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016” on June 28, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 8, 2”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51727

  CBO publication date

  June 28, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5389, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 114-630 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 21, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/630

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5389, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8f5058fa0584de8f3c3726a83e908c46e738850a0f2e18e730bf3f763f8b569

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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. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 89, June 7, 2016, Page H3502):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5389, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8f5058fa0584de8f3c3726a83e908c46e738850a0f2e18e730bf3f763f8b569

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

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