Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5523.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5523, Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act” on July 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 7, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51803

  CBO publication date

  July 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5523, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a37942f65f01d75c1d7d944994a38567c1c05cd2d1e49205687548c3dbed5cd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-730 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 9, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/730

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5523, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a37942f65f01d75c1d7d944994a38567c1c05cd2d1e49205687548c3dbed5cd

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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. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 96, June 16, 2016, Page H3968):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5523, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a37942f65f01d75c1d7d944994a38567c1c05cd2d1e49205687548c3dbed5cd

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5523, last updated December 6, 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.