Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5883.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5883, Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016” on September 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 14, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52021

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5883, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5883

  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. 114-768 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 20, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/768

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5883, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5883

  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. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H5015):
  Consistent with the understanding and interpretation of the Commerce Clause, Congress has the authority to enact this legislation in accordance with Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5883, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5883

  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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