Inspector General Access Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3154.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3154, Inspector General Access Act of 2017” on October 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 27, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54569

  CBO publication date

  October 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3154, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3154

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7390722dbc41b4cffe893ef760150e39e4207ba022871c429728a7c0b4c9aa54

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1045 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 27, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1045

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3154, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3154

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7390722dbc41b4cffe893ef760150e39e4207ba022871c429728a7c0b4c9aa54

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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. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5378):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review ofthe accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3154, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3154

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7390722dbc41b4cffe893ef760150e39e4207ba022871c429728a7c0b4c9aa54

  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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