AGOA and MCA Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3445.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3445, AGOA and MCA Modernization Act” on October 11, 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 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53195

  CBO publication date

  October 11, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3445, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  314e038851496668b79c527b56ddeb3637f477febfd928442e74b5328445dcb7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-484 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on January 3, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 3, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/484

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3445, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  314e038851496668b79c527b56ddeb3637f477febfd928442e74b5328445dcb7

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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. ROYCE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 127, July 27, 2017, Page H6518):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3445, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  314e038851496668b79c527b56ddeb3637f477febfd928442e74b5328445dcb7

  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. 3445, last updated December 6, 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.