REG Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 462.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H471):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congressunder Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise oflegislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated byCongress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 to 17, of the United States Constitution; Article I, Section 8,clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by thatclause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 462, 115th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/462

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e7f411cd05ebccd414f4fd1a98bcb253ff87c48e48a6432c192c22a773803ba

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 462, last updated August 11, 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.