Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5578.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5578, Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016” on July 27, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 7, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51828

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec12cd1fe8dd38ebf0b1ce66402d2fa5dde5c380448703a3164df6a4f4cbedc8

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-707 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 6, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/707

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec12cd1fe8dd38ebf0b1ce66402d2fa5dde5c380448703a3164df6a4f4cbedc8

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 102, June 24, 2016, Page H4180):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5578, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec12cd1fe8dd38ebf0b1ce66402d2fa5dde5c380448703a3164df6a4f4cbedc8

  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. 5578, last updated August 10, 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.