American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2809.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2809, American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017” on July 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52879

  CBO publication date

  July 7, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba39ee54c546397898dcec11ce0f491fe09de354f8d5a4d032974f52b807299b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-649 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on April 24, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/649

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba39ee54c546397898dcec11ce0f491fe09de354f8d5a4d032974f52b807299b

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 97, June 7, 2017, Page H4701):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  458 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba39ee54c546397898dcec11ce0f491fe09de354f8d5a4d032974f52b807299b

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

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