BENES Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2575.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RU1Z, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 87, May 19, 2017, Page H4390):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2575, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd3a2f69edc8d6cfac2655050271f90365ef6cb4addd03184e662a28d33eae34

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2575, last updated January 21, 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.