United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5877.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5877, United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016” on September 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52041

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5877, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  536e768207c8b6b53121a8442b1de26d1760fa9a73e0a0214aa102a412d85b5a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-827 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 15, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/827

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5877, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  536e768207c8b6b53121a8442b1de26d1760fa9a73e0a0214aa102a412d85b5a

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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. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H5014):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5877, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5877

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  536e768207c8b6b53121a8442b1de26d1760fa9a73e0a0214aa102a412d85b5a

  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. 5877, 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.