Consumer Healthcare Insurance Transparency Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5960.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 135, September 8, 2016, Page H5224):
  The Commerce Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5960, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a61fbb20059a7f7c912e1cffa7a67bdc3b025e1952387902f9b92540ca0eac51

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5960, last updated August 12, 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.