Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3043.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3043, Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 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/52959

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  481cc2421c3c8647c14412438803a25fb25c201ab7b88e8508e2e23281302807

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-377 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 31, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/377

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  481cc2421c3c8647c14412438803a25fb25c201ab7b88e8508e2e23281302807

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 108, June 23, 2017, Page H5140):
  The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to waterways for the development of hydroelectric power and flood control.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  481cc2421c3c8647c14412438803a25fb25c201ab7b88e8508e2e23281302807

  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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