Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 964.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 964, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act” on April 17, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on March 26, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55121

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 964, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c242c51e1ddc77cb2f1110321dd45388d9e30f77b501468da9db4000dccb467

• 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. 116-382 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 27, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/382

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 964, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c242c51e1ddc77cb2f1110321dd45388d9e30f77b501468da9db4000dccb467

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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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 22, February 5, 2019, Page H1362):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 964, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c242c51e1ddc77cb2f1110321dd45388d9e30f77b501468da9db4000dccb467

  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. 964, last updated December 6, 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.