Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3342.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3342, Sanctioning Hizballah’s Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act” on October 16, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53208

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3342, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3342

  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. 115-367 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on October 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 24, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/367

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3342, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3342

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 123, July 20, 2017, Page H6146):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2017 ↗

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  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3342, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3342

  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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