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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4716.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4716, Inhaler Coverage and Access Now Act of 2019” on October 31, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55804

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4716, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0e28aa5da6a335e64d79df807dbb694a71c084bb43f1c413de0ae509dce2edb

• 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. 116-401 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 21, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 21, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/401

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4716, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0e28aa5da6a335e64d79df807dbb694a71c084bb43f1c413de0ae509dce2edb

  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. COX of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 164, October 17, 2019, Page H8227):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4716, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0e28aa5da6a335e64d79df807dbb694a71c084bb43f1c413de0ae509dce2edb

  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. 4716, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.