Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 753.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defense'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy''' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  344 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 753, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/753

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  973b3d1318af213325fa2a05e819576837234ce22a3f2cd5f80fff22e06f3c81

  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. 753, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.