STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4375.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4375, STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act” on December 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 15, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53417

  CBO publication date

  December 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4375, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4375

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27dcb437ba768b5bd53bd1dca069baa8dd5012dd39012e353373dcc2e6a8052d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-471 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on December 18, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/471

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4375, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4375

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27dcb437ba768b5bd53bd1dca069baa8dd5012dd39012e353373dcc2e6a8052d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 185, November 13, 2017, Page H9179):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4375, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4375

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27dcb437ba768b5bd53bd1dca069baa8dd5012dd39012e353373dcc2e6a8052d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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