Removing Outdated Restrictions to Allow for Job Growth Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1177.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1177, Removing Outdated Restrictions to Allow for Job Growth Act” on May 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 3, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52714

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1177, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  10bff52b78f9608f0e8aa1829c9cd121e5dc050104c044238d53185bba096215

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-124 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on May 16, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/124

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1177, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  10bff52b78f9608f0e8aa1829c9cd121e5dc050104c044238d53185bba096215

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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. POLIQUIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1177, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  10bff52b78f9608f0e8aa1829c9cd121e5dc050104c044238d53185bba096215

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