To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1678.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1678, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments, and for other purposes” on April 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52654

  CBO publication date

  April 21, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1678, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1678

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-100 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 28, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/100

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1678, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1678

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2349):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1678, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1678

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  718aba6b0f4cddc404425401fdd8b06d98357b75522ad7d249aa3185a6eae2b2

  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. 1678, 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.