National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2810.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018” on July 5, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52862

  CBO publication date

  July 5, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2810, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55788b00027d4f437bbad2a91307c6b6f72abde492c0d586deee4724192eb5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018” on July 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on July 6, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52884

  CBO publication date

  July 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2810, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55788b00027d4f437bbad2a91307c6b6f72abde492c0d586deee4724192eb5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2018” on November 9, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the House Rules Committee Website on November 9, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53306

  CBO publication date

  November 9, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2810, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55788b00027d4f437bbad2a91307c6b6f72abde492c0d586deee4724192eb5c4

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-404 ↗; H. Rept. 115-200,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-200,Part 1 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on July 11, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/404
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/200
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/200

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2810, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55788b00027d4f437bbad2a91307c6b6f72abde492c0d586deee4724192eb5c4

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 97, June 7, 2017, Pages H4701-H4702):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2810, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55788b00027d4f437bbad2a91307c6b6f72abde492c0d586deee4724192eb5c4

  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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