Environmental Justice Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4114.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4114, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4114

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7ce891a0bda861f5c28031c7c24780a521e75b67d7446ec2883507873c0754d

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4114, last updated December 5, 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.