To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3229.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3229, a bill to protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes” on September 18, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53114

  CBO publication date

  September 18, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3229, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  496c9b6da18c9d0faadf0561b33f2da474729e64dac44bb381b21a8547dd47ae

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-332 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/332

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3229, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  496c9b6da18c9d0faadf0561b33f2da474729e64dac44bb381b21a8547dd47ae

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 118, July 13, 2017, Page H5832):
  Article 1, Section 1: All legislative powers vested in a Congress Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws necesary and proper
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3229, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  496c9b6da18c9d0faadf0561b33f2da474729e64dac44bb381b21a8547dd47ae

  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. 3229, 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.