To require the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to verify the accuracy of consumer complaint information before making such information available to the public.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULVANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 95, June 15, 2016, Page H3914):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce . . .'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. ``To make Rules for the Government . . .'' 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 15, 2016 ↗

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  408 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5491, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f97e9b2310031fa03032c29a058b1904425fc7ac96d301c26670031ac048395d

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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