Follow the Rules Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6186.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6186, Follow the Rules Act” on December 8, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52326

  CBO publication date

  December 8, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6186, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6186

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  681b9193ca4c34e534cc90d9c01cf8e0ec872dc9caf56a92f6fb63fae0289bff

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-842 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 30, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/842

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6186, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6186

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  681b9193ca4c34e534cc90d9c01cf8e0ec872dc9caf56a92f6fb63fae0289bff

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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. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 146, September 27, 2016, Page H6001):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6186, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6186

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  681b9193ca4c34e534cc90d9c01cf8e0ec872dc9caf56a92f6fb63fae0289bff

  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. 6186, 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.