Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 720.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 720, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017” on February 9, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 2, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52413

  CBO publication date

  February 9, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 720, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f45e4a592373ca5ffd5f5e32362490433684054af4e2c7fcf6a0240aacd0fdc4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-16 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/16

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 720, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f45e4a592373ca5ffd5f5e32362490433684054af4e2c7fcf6a0240aacd0fdc4

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 15, January 30, 2017, Page H745):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section I, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 720, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f45e4a592373ca5ffd5f5e32362490433684054af4e2c7fcf6a0240aacd0fdc4

  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. 720, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.