Whistleblower Protection Extension Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4043.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4043, Whistleblower Protection Extension Act of 2017” on December 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 2, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53383

  CBO publication date

  December 7, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0924ef74b8ae78553e8267540a389de841ac5d128a0aa93cd34f78510df7128d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-510 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 11, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/510

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0924ef74b8ae78553e8267540a389de841ac5d128a0aa93cd34f78510df7128d

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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. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 164, October 12, 2017, Page H8032):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  47 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0924ef74b8ae78553e8267540a389de841ac5d128a0aa93cd34f78510df7128d

  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. 4043, 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.