Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3180.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3180, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018” on July 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on July 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52938

  CBO publication date

  July 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3180, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-251 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on July 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/251

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3180, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

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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. NUNES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 116, July 11, 2017, Page H5433):
  The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, including those under Title 50, are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to enable the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in executing the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support armies . . .''; to ``make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water''; and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3180, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d3e1e6c001d64329fe30b42ec6b8399d00f629837e17c3a741b57e5638e30ad

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