IG Subpoena Authority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4917.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4917, IG Subpoena Authority Act” on March 1, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 6, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 1, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53629

  CBO publication date

  March 1, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e08ea7e726ddc3209ec8e49658fd676c0a26cbfbff2433c4cb72b5a3e5ebdbfc

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-799 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 29, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/799

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e08ea7e726ddc3209ec8e49658fd676c0a26cbfbff2433c4cb72b5a3e5ebdbfc

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSSELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 21, February 2, 2018, Page H737):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4917, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e08ea7e726ddc3209ec8e49658fd676c0a26cbfbff2433c4cb72b5a3e5ebdbfc

  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. 4917, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.