400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1242.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1242, 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act” on April 4, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52572

  CBO publication date

  April 4, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1242, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-105 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 1, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/105

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1242, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db42979839f3e5210185fd28154061dde3abb38453ab88eb8f5fc2c51d52abb5

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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. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 35, February 28, 2017, Page H1392):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1242, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db42979839f3e5210185fd28154061dde3abb38453ab88eb8f5fc2c51d52abb5

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1242, last updated January 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.