Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1492.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53837

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1492, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1492

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fc670295a5933e87a8ad0b505fa78d901c4b74de0b8cb1a14ff288f4fbd99ff

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-192 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 23, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/192

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1492, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1492

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fc670295a5933e87a8ad0b505fa78d901c4b74de0b8cb1a14ff288f4fbd99ff

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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. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 42, March 10, 2017, Page H2052):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1492, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1492

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fc670295a5933e87a8ad0b505fa78d901c4b74de0b8cb1a14ff288f4fbd99ff

  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. 1492, last updated August 10, 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.