Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 70.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 70, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2017” on November 17, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 4, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53329

  CBO publication date

  November 17, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 70, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/70

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9852c9bc8e2f0a57d49009d9726453c0f153c09c0c1a5a7bb50aee0a895e9987

• 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: S. Rept. 115-217 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 22, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/217

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 70, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/70

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9852c9bc8e2f0a57d49009d9726453c0f153c09c0c1a5a7bb50aee0a895e9987

  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. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H48):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 70, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/70

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9852c9bc8e2f0a57d49009d9726453c0f153c09c0c1a5a7bb50aee0a895e9987

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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