To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 617.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 617, A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States” on May 23, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 16, 2001</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13090

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 617, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90ef13a600a1c4d9841dc9b80ad2bd56bb0d94ec42282627b7b30f341a7c3cb8

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 617, A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States” on May 23, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 16, 2001”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13090

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 617, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90ef13a600a1c4d9841dc9b80ad2bd56bb0d94ec42282627b7b30f341a7c3cb8

• 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. 107-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 16, 2001.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/140

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 617, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90ef13a600a1c4d9841dc9b80ad2bd56bb0d94ec42282627b7b30f341a7c3cb8

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 617, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.