FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4478.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017” on December 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on December 1, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53425

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4478, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1158a8e371933ed555310960c979fb96ea86c6ae1ba74cc9e1ffa2cb64f6979

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-475 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on December 19, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/475

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4478, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1158a8e371933ed555310960c979fb96ea86c6ae1ba74cc9e1ffa2cb64f6979

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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. NUNES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 194, November 29, 2017, Page H9516):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States'' and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' Article III of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects powers of the Judiciary that are subject to legislation by Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  611 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4478, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1158a8e371933ed555310960c979fb96ea86c6ae1ba74cc9e1ffa2cb64f6979

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