Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 732.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 732, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017” on February 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52457

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 732, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/732

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-72 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 30, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/72

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 732, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/732

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 15, January 30, 2017, Page H745):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the Appropriations Power granted to Congress by that section; Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the legislative powers granted to Congress by that section; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  710 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 732, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/732

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d2dc2c5c23e242e1e37ffa909dde664afbc3d515908a2447a336d53488f0d7e0

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