Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1343.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017” on March 24, 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 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52533

  CBO publication date

  March 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 115-71 ↗. 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 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/71

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. HULTGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1531):
  Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, ir in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  375 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c51b10d64c482c3760f3d8b5bc9ec3c58a53272383c3b8ef89d210c5d1a8138c

  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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