Agency Accountability Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 96, June 16, 2016, Page H3967):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution gives Congress control of government spending.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  97 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5499, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4eebc9ed59143d36917cba57fc1e76e429d736ecc60698b683cf6f09f5e458b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5499, 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.