To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1117.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1117, a bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster” on March 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52476

  CBO publication date

  March 7, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1117, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b84a58c836ca05017400c84540d2be9e49d8a77072726c37d2c61fc16af1d55

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1117, an act to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster” on August 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 26, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52997

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1117, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b84a58c836ca05017400c84540d2be9e49d8a77072726c37d2c61fc16af1d55

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-31 ↗; S. Rept. 115-158 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/31
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/158

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1117, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b84a58c836ca05017400c84540d2be9e49d8a77072726c37d2c61fc16af1d55

  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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARTZLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1303):
  Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United States Congress shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1117, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b84a58c836ca05017400c84540d2be9e49d8a77072726c37d2c61fc16af1d55

  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. 1117, last updated April 7, 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.