NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1224.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017” on May 2, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 1, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52685

  CBO publication date

  May 2, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1224, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5b274d1fe037bfe423a82726b6377f0e05361680b3ad480844bba04a4d982ba

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-376 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on October 31, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/376

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1224, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5b274d1fe037bfe423a82726b6377f0e05361680b3ad480844bba04a4d982ba

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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. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 34, February 27, 2017, Page H1355):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1224, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5b274d1fe037bfe423a82726b6377f0e05361680b3ad480844bba04a4d982ba

  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. 1224, 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.