Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1096.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1096, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017” on August 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53056

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1096, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6879bcfcb27cc86e076d63f81317c55a7fa09db9b9c9cc2452aeab422db1aac

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-348 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 16, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/348

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1096, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6879bcfcb27cc86e076d63f81317c55a7fa09db9b9c9cc2452aeab422db1aac

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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. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 27, February 15, 2017, Page H1245):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to enact this legislation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  95 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1096, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6879bcfcb27cc86e076d63f81317c55a7fa09db9b9c9cc2452aeab422db1aac

  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. 1096, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.