Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3731.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3731, Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017” on November 14, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53323

  CBO publication date

  November 14, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  802e7b11c507f797fa5da0100683cbb4bee0bf3235d23a3239715d1dcdd819a9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-435 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 4, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/435

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  802e7b11c507f797fa5da0100683cbb4bee0bf3235d23a3239715d1dcdd819a9

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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 146, September 11, 2017, Page H7223):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  802e7b11c507f797fa5da0100683cbb4bee0bf3235d23a3239715d1dcdd819a9

  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. 3731, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.