GAO-IG Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5415.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5415, GAO-IG Act” on June 15, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 23, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54064

  CBO publication date

  June 15, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5415, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5415

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  886e8a3ac11284f9bf5c04419675155587132b29ff145be2b4ccac3c18c445d1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-823 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/823

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5415, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5415

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  886e8a3ac11284f9bf5c04419675155587132b29ff145be2b4ccac3c18c445d1

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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. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 52, March 26, 2018, Page H3049):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. -and- Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  542 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5415, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5415

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  886e8a3ac11284f9bf5c04419675155587132b29ff145be2b4ccac3c18c445d1

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