HOME Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2255.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2255, HOME Act” on January 29, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on January 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53517

  CBO publication date

  January 29, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9712b1537284b8220cc1080ded4620c332c3d708ecadf6484c64be04c02454db

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-528 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 29, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/528

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9712b1537284b8220cc1080ded4620c332c3d708ecadf6484c64be04c02454db

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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. TROTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 73, April 28, 2017, Page H2973):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9712b1537284b8220cc1080ded4620c332c3d708ecadf6484c64be04c02454db

  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. 2255, last updated December 6, 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.