EGO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1701.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1701, EGO Act” on September 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53123

  CBO publication date

  September 20, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1701, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de3995d4f3bdf2f6a54b61ec85f86cf151410eaf02fa0410ee7e1ed4f9c9206d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-511 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 11, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/511

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1701, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de3995d4f3bdf2f6a54b61ec85f86cf151410eaf02fa0410ee7e1ed4f9c9206d

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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. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 51, March 23, 2017, Page H2370):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1701, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de3995d4f3bdf2f6a54b61ec85f86cf151410eaf02fa0410ee7e1ed4f9c9206d

  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. 1701, 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.