GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5690.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5690, GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016” on August 3, 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, August 3, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51843

  CBO publication date

  August 3, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5690, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-758 ↗. 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/758

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5690, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 110, July 8, 2016, Page H4574):
  Article I, Sec. 8 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 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  249 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5690, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dd69df8e4f7da20ccee8ae80fc6aa741803679284fd998af69795d2602707da9

  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. 5690, last updated December 5, 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.