Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1843.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1843, Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property Through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52954

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1843, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  832317fcc359511e9c2ec6224adbe37be46898de93bd6d80dafb609dc8a80e32

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-286 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 5, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/286

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1843, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  832317fcc359511e9c2ec6224adbe37be46898de93bd6d80dafb609dc8a80e32

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 56, March 30, 2017, Page H2601):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1843, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  832317fcc359511e9c2ec6224adbe37be46898de93bd6d80dafb609dc8a80e32

  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. 1843, 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.