CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 954.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 954, CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016” on September 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 8, 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/52000

  CBO publication date

  September 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  073be9043ee337e4bcb7a407d49793abf3742f494c8f4fca7e26f5f01e06863c

• 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. 114-784 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 22, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/784

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  073be9043ee337e4bcb7a407d49793abf3742f494c8f4fca7e26f5f01e06863c

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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. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 24, February 12, 2015, Page H1037):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  073be9043ee337e4bcb7a407d49793abf3742f494c8f4fca7e26f5f01e06863c

  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. 954, 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.