ESRD Choice Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5659.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5659, Expanding Seniors Receiving Dialysis Choice Act of 2016” on July 21, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51821

  CBO publication date

  July 21, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5659, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  143a18373d3f08c5c69b6dfa702162e75b7552bc9275b76dd14359f2bc04228d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-751 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 19, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/751

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5659, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  143a18373d3f08c5c69b6dfa702162e75b7552bc9275b76dd14359f2bc04228d

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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. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 142, September 20, 2016, Page H5711):
  The Constitutional Authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constutition.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5659, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  143a18373d3f08c5c69b6dfa702162e75b7552bc9275b76dd14359f2bc04228d

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

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