Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 702.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 702, Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017” on February 10, 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 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52421

  CBO publication date

  February 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 702, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e67fcd9081edd64f41512d7b4769274a30b5202db2a2356f61fbd16cb958a576

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-79 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 4, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/79

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 702, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e67fcd9081edd64f41512d7b4769274a30b5202db2a2356f61fbd16cb958a576

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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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 14, January 27, 2017, Page H702):
  Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 702, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e67fcd9081edd64f41512d7b4769274a30b5202db2a2356f61fbd16cb958a576

  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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