Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3739.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3739, Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017” on November 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 10, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53313

  CBO publication date

  November 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3739, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3739

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07f27754c301e04756fc63e96440c2cca6fbf0dcb61e5b33191cc27e89e45a1b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-407 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 13, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/407

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3739, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3739

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07f27754c301e04756fc63e96440c2cca6fbf0dcb61e5b33191cc27e89e45a1b

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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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 147, September 12, 2017, Page H7313):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I: 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 the Constitution in this Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3739, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3739

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07f27754c301e04756fc63e96440c2cca6fbf0dcb61e5b33191cc27e89e45a1b

  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. 3739, last updated January 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.