Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 659.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017” on May 2, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 5, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52684

  CBO publication date

  May 2, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1c866fb7d5296bfa026f3777503404940b7c47444ff272844e21d73b29a249d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-412 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 15, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/412

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1c866fb7d5296bfa026f3777503404940b7c47444ff272844e21d73b29a249d

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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. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article I, Section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1c866fb7d5296bfa026f3777503404940b7c47444ff272844e21d73b29a249d

  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. 659, 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.