Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5719.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5719, Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act” on September 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 14, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52031

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5719, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5719

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13e4fb3dc20dd4c8beded8f238b5e4d8564bfd0810e1cbcd8f5bd4d9d4e6b357

• 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. 114-748 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 16, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/748

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5719, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5719

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13e4fb3dc20dd4c8beded8f238b5e4d8564bfd0810e1cbcd8f5bd4d9d4e6b357

  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 Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 111, July 11, 2016, Page H4660):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5719, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5719

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13e4fb3dc20dd4c8beded8f238b5e4d8564bfd0810e1cbcd8f5bd4d9d4e6b357

  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. 5719, 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.