Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 99.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J.Res. 99, Section 202, Further Continued Health Benefits for Miners Act” on April 27, 2017. CBO’s description reads “Section 202 of H.J.Res. 99, as introduced on April 26, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 27, 2017 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52669

  CBO publication date

  April 27, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 99, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/99

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 71, April 26, 2017, Page H2898):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  822 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 99, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/99

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7969ccc73890f8553d9d07179c9359e58999668e7baaf00e69a3c4bb618e7e0

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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