Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1652.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 49, March 21, 2017, Page H2288):
  Article I, Section 8--to provide for the general welfare and to regulate commerce among the states.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1652, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1652

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93639e07e8d4886da2632b329fd9c1ddc87d6d9c6fc1340efd980136a4e2b490

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1652, 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.