Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1376.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1376, Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2017” on April 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 15, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53753

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1376, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1376

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7960b8e046eec4bc4267e6474c3d79d17080f3533494a7d1c8e17dc0d22e560a

• 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. 115-824 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/824

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1376, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1376

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7960b8e046eec4bc4267e6474c3d79d17080f3533494a7d1c8e17dc0d22e560a

  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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1594):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1376, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1376

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7960b8e046eec4bc4267e6474c3d79d17080f3533494a7d1c8e17dc0d22e560a

  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. 1376, 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.