GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5687.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5687, GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016” on July 28, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51836

  CBO publication date

  July 28, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5687, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  816bcce0f6f0336a26a27bf919f83a31127401cedbe4cb70ac90eccb99717a52

• 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. 114-760 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform 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/760

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5687, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  816bcce0f6f0336a26a27bf919f83a31127401cedbe4cb70ac90eccb99717a52

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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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 110, July 8, 2016, Page H4574):
  Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing power . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5687, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  816bcce0f6f0336a26a27bf919f83a31127401cedbe4cb70ac90eccb99717a52

  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. 5687, 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.