Follow the Rules Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 657.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 657, Follow the Rules Act” on February 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 2, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52423

  CBO publication date

  February 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 657, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08f8b6788690a9f0af619ccce1ef4347df8c809286772a353732cf42e72604e7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-67 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 29, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/67

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 657, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08f8b6788690a9f0af619ccce1ef4347df8c809286772a353732cf42e72604e7

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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. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 657, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08f8b6788690a9f0af619ccce1ef4347df8c809286772a353732cf42e72604e7

  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. 657, last updated December 5, 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.