Connected Government Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2331.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2331, Connected Government Act” on September 26, 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 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53140

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2331, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c35bfe5b421f9d8390a3eed505182ce911beb4442ad752f14e10482b2b6e6d5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-406 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 13, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/406

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2331, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c35bfe5b421f9d8390a3eed505182ce911beb4442ad752f14e10482b2b6e6d5

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 76, May 3, 2017, Page H3324):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 ``to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' Provided that low income individuals without access to computers primarily access the internet through their smartphones, this bill would improve their welfare by ensuring that those without computers have convenient online access to their government.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  362 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2331, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c35bfe5b421f9d8390a3eed505182ce911beb4442ad752f14e10482b2b6e6d5

  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. 2331, 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.