Helium Extraction Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3279.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3279, Helium Extraction Act of 2017” on October 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53238

  CBO publication date

  October 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c3ab82fdac8ec06066b5b39968f763c21d58e94d0ee99707d2054bc292b94f4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3279, Helium Extraction Act of 2017” on November 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 2, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54660

  CBO publication date

  November 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c3ab82fdac8ec06066b5b39968f763c21d58e94d0ee99707d2054bc292b94f4

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-391 ↗; H. Rept. 115-365 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/391
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/365

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c3ab82fdac8ec06066b5b39968f763c21d58e94d0ee99707d2054bc292b94f4

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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. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 121, July 18, 2017, Page H5978):
  Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  67 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3279, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c3ab82fdac8ec06066b5b39968f763c21d58e94d0ee99707d2054bc292b94f4

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

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