Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2518.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2518, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017” on June 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 24, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52848

  CBO publication date

  June 26, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2518, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  163c44fb00d81ba6b315bd2992bacd6bbbd4802d03685062aff9f41f8ad09581

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-194 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 26, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/194

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2518, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  163c44fb00d81ba6b315bd2992bacd6bbbd4802d03685062aff9f41f8ad09581

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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. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 86, May 18, 2017, Page H4358):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2518, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  163c44fb00d81ba6b315bd2992bacd6bbbd4802d03685062aff9f41f8ad09581

  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. 2518, last updated April 7, 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.