Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5920.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5920, Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act” on September 30, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52060

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5920, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5920

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  387c401d37e4bc5f48a95d66741c5849d52d6c4c75202d418cef3076794d4508

• 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. 114-836 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 29, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/836

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5920, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5920

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  387c401d37e4bc5f48a95d66741c5849d52d6c4c75202d418cef3076794d4508

  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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 118, July 21, 2016, Page H5030):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  110 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5920, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5920

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  387c401d37e4bc5f48a95d66741c5849d52d6c4c75202d418cef3076794d4508

  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. 5920, 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.