Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3354.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018” on September 27, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO estimate for H.R. 3354, as passed by the House of Representatives on September 14, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53164

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3354, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3354

  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. 115-238 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/238

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3354, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3354

  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. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 124, July 24, 2017, Page H6213):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3354, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a73074dc89160b72ac4db4602e320603f39029001263f3e051046536149dc4d

  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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