Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1219.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1219, Supporting America’s Innovators Act of 2017” on March 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 9, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52526

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76cfb0c44dfb1f1de854c0431fd901baccbdf0a758e6dc04f90f18e7ec78bb68

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-70 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on March 29, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/70

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76cfb0c44dfb1f1de854c0431fd901baccbdf0a758e6dc04f90f18e7ec78bb68

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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. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 34, February 27, 2017, Page H1355):
  The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  261 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1219, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76cfb0c44dfb1f1de854c0431fd901baccbdf0a758e6dc04f90f18e7ec78bb68

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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