Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3017.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3017, Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on June 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52957

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3017, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  362171fd99cea0329b72f61b7e52bdb3db7c4569fdc58fd109c64f3901862b8b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-303 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 11, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/303

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3017, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  362171fd99cea0329b72f61b7e52bdb3db7c4569fdc58fd109c64f3901862b8b

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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. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 107, June 22, 2017, Page H5110):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  221 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3017, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  362171fd99cea0329b72f61b7e52bdb3db7c4569fdc58fd109c64f3901862b8b

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