GO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 289.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 289, GO Act” on September 18, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53115

  CBO publication date

  September 18, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 289, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d05fe15a02f46f02c48a81af8fc162b4011bf6febdd1f6040052031db76ed5f0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-320 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/320

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 289, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d05fe15a02f46f02c48a81af8fc162b4011bf6febdd1f6040052031db76ed5f0

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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. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H97-H98):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 289, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/289

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d05fe15a02f46f02c48a81af8fc162b4011bf6febdd1f6040052031db76ed5f0

  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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