CAH Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5613.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5613, Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016” on July 20, 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 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51819

  CBO publication date

  July 20, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5613, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5613

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db850eba19dd194827a25570786df49bf270ec7835b89bb866c43ed713043614

• 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. 114-696 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 21, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/696

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5613, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5613

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db850eba19dd194827a25570786df49bf270ec7835b89bb866c43ed713043614

  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 Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 106, July 1, 2016, Page H4192):
  Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have 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 July 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  200 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5613, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5613

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db850eba19dd194827a25570786df49bf270ec7835b89bb866c43ed713043614

  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. 5613, last updated April 7, 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.