Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 290.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H98):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 290, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/290

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a4b3acd92ba52c4194ec5e606311c20c27c6a5313788ccd925c8b91de3ed973

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 290, last updated September 8, 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.