SOAR Reauthorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1387.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act” on March 28, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52542

  CBO publication date

  March 28, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1387, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ca7431f0325d9e051bc03eb5abac58f1d60a2120d3bd13cdf82bff2424d46bc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-62 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 27, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/62

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1387, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ca7431f0325d9e051bc03eb5abac58f1d60a2120d3bd13cdf82bff2424d46bc

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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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1594):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  66 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1387, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ca7431f0325d9e051bc03eb5abac58f1d60a2120d3bd13cdf82bff2424d46bc

  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. 1387, 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.