Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1865.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017” on February 8, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 8, 2018 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53553

  CBO publication date

  February 8, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1865, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1865

  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. 115-572 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/572

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1865, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1865

  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 Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 57, April 3, 2017, Page H2630):
  Amendment XIII of the Constitution, which states that ``Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'' Amendment XIV of the Constitution, which states that ``nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which states ``To regulate commerce with…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1865, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  008bd76db1f0e8518810e29965d1b9e4029fa3710652e772fa15163e98a8b5c5

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