FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3243.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3243, FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017” on September 29, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 19, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53173

  CBO publication date

  September 29, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  791a67a491a2a1465269731238e3a62a176e447802bd97e4f0ceb5729b5f4790

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-344 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 10, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/344

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  791a67a491a2a1465269731238e3a62a176e447802bd97e4f0ceb5729b5f4790

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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. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 119, July 14, 2017, Page H5885):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3243, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  791a67a491a2a1465269731238e3a62a176e447802bd97e4f0ceb5729b5f4790

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3243, last updated December 5, 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.