Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 654.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 654, Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017” on March 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52485

  CBO publication date

  March 8, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 654, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec1d2838fe5bcda6b4574ce05b9778dcffbea99b72b8018cb39a660952d3d230

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-30 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 9, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/30

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 654, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec1d2838fe5bcda6b4574ce05b9778dcffbea99b72b8018cb39a660952d3d230

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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. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 654, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec1d2838fe5bcda6b4574ce05b9778dcffbea99b72b8018cb39a660952d3d230

  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. 654, last updated April 7, 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.