To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1346.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1346, a bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform”” on April 5, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52577

  CBO publication date

  April 5, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1346, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1346

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3452fd5cd9496dd8afc3fae5fc10784f11b25327dd65bd0aeefa66195f2a2a59

• 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. 115-85 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 6, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/85

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1346, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1346

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3452fd5cd9496dd8afc3fae5fc10784f11b25327dd65bd0aeefa66195f2a2a59

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIPINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Pages H1531-H1532):
  Article one, section 8, clause 18, United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1346, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1346

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3452fd5cd9496dd8afc3fae5fc10784f11b25327dd65bd0aeefa66195f2a2a59

  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. 1346, last updated December 5, 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.