C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3551.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017” on September 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53145

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3551, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0793a81ee860ba3e50512df166bd69e0e0a46f10a151916d5200ce69eb65d481

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-323 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 25, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/323

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3551, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0793a81ee860ba3e50512df166bd69e0e0a46f10a151916d5200ce69eb65d481

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McSALLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Page H6578):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3551, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0793a81ee860ba3e50512df166bd69e0e0a46f10a151916d5200ce69eb65d481

  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. 3551, last updated April 7, 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.