Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4100.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 171, October 24, 2017, Page H8144):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4100, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4100

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c55a70442ee2bf6dde1929520e68a6858973b1b6a4966d37c62091590ea1f4b2

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4100, 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.