To direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the States with respect to reducing lighting on the Federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1997.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1997, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the states with respect to reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes” on August 4, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21726

  CBO publication date

  August 4, 2010

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1997, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08170ef0652bff074fac615aa2b45afa7f368f2480d0770bde198645d0b49011

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1997, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to update a research report and issue guidance to the states with respect to reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during periods of low traffic density, and for other purposes” on August 4, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21726

  CBO publication date

  August 4, 2010

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1997, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08170ef0652bff074fac615aa2b45afa7f368f2480d0770bde198645d0b49011

• 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. 111-614 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 22, 2010.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/614

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1997, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08170ef0652bff074fac615aa2b45afa7f368f2480d0770bde198645d0b49011

  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. 1997, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.