To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5977.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5977, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes” on September 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52006

  CBO publication date

  September 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5977, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4bf0249338af1c171d058cabd2123988cabd23389a75dfd432302a14f791ed4

• 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. 114-753 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 19, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/753

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5977, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4bf0249338af1c171d058cabd2123988cabd23389a75dfd432302a14f791ed4

  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. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 136, September 9, 2016, Page H5255):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 7 (related to establishment of Post Offices and Post Roads).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  136 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5977, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4bf0249338af1c171d058cabd2123988cabd23389a75dfd432302a14f791ed4

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

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