Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1917.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1917, Blocking Regulatory Interference From Closing Kilns Act of 2017” on January 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53458

  CBO publication date

  January 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 115-509 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 10, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/509

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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 Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2754):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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. 1917, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.