EPS Improvement Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 518.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 9, January 13, 2017, Page H546):
  Article 1, Section 8,Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  29 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 518, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1baabd14c723a37a30d2bea1603c6f3e40471aa5062c877c260e02d969f9370

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 518, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.