To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the authority to conduct telework travel expenses test programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4171.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4171, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the authority to conduct telework travel expenses test programs, and for other purposes” on December 6, 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 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53378

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4171, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff887b9f592071db6edd6d1938fa92a6f9bc86bae59ffefd3b92137d25fc497a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 11, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/460

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4171, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff887b9f592071db6edd6d1938fa92a6f9bc86bae59ffefd3b92137d25fc497a

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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. GIANFORTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4171, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff887b9f592071db6edd6d1938fa92a6f9bc86bae59ffefd3b92137d25fc497a

  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. 4171, 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.