Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 353.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 4, January 6, 2017, Page H195):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2017 ↗

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  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 353, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/353

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a39c90473b58584168272fa6ba4f41b27eed21eba0e18b37b4e3bd834efe5ab1

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 353, last updated December 5, 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.