Performance-based Building Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7317.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H10269):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7317, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c790054d47fc319c71cc34187680b26c3e8c7909c3647162dfa9ad5888955121

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7317, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.