GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5995.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5995, GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016” 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/52067

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5995, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4ac6169139b850ac2a2db132cb6e9f068d6fb90bc890e4e40189c89f744879b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-779 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 21, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/779

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5995, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4ac6169139b850ac2a2db132cb6e9f068d6fb90bc890e4e40189c89f744879b

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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. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 137, September 12, 2016, Page H5338):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5995, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4ac6169139b850ac2a2db132cb6e9f068d6fb90bc890e4e40189c89f744879b

  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. 5995, 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.