TALENT Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5658.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 109, July 7, 2016, Page H4549):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 which grants to the Congress power 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 July 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  299 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5658, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5658

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c5be1b5a100031d2efe6b39530eb8f4e91a38d11d8f2a3d1c71acd28a7ca4c5

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5658, 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.