SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3168.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3168, Special Needs Plans Reauthorization Act of 2017” on August 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53052

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3168, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3168

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  829103fabce2fcd612842665bfb95de9e6f5b2b24d27a5a0e3181b98bda50474

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-478 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/478

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3168, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3168

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  829103fabce2fcd612842665bfb95de9e6f5b2b24d27a5a0e3181b98bda50474

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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. TIBERI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 114, July 6, 2017, Page H5386):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  260 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3168, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3168

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  829103fabce2fcd612842665bfb95de9e6f5b2b24d27a5a0e3181b98bda50474

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3168, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.