To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3244.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3244, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for other purposes” on August 18, 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, August 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53030

  CBO publication date

  August 18, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3244, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b5acb18ff5601085ff025ea4ebc4b573f9c81c687a32b62b500ab97522cebfe

• 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. 115-403 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 8, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/403

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3244, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b5acb18ff5601085ff025ea4ebc4b573f9c81c687a32b62b500ab97522cebfe

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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. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 119, July 14, 2017, Page H5885):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3244, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b5acb18ff5601085ff025ea4ebc4b573f9c81c687a32b62b500ab97522cebfe

  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. 3244, 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.