RPM Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 350.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 350, RPM Act of 2017” on February 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53610

  CBO publication date

  February 23, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 350, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/350

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1bbb91275926d018469409ea1233f3bbf093c087fda916db2788d994f162005

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1073 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 11, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1073

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 350, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/350

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1bbb91275926d018469409ea1233f3bbf093c087fda916db2788d994f162005

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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. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 4, January 6, 2017, Page H195):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Because the federal government has extended Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 beyond its intended boundaries, it follows that efforts to rein in excessive federal government encroachment in this area can be justified by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  385 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 350, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/350

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1bbb91275926d018469409ea1233f3bbf093c087fda916db2788d994f162005

  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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