Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1584.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2150):
  The Orca Responsibility Care and Advancement Act is constitutionally authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``the Commerce Clause'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``the Necessary and Proper Clause.'' Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the General Welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗

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  349 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1584, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1584

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  836e3eaaddeab626c71d3c49425ff8fda38e4a5f14e8600fb40b00c4aa52115b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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