Freedom of Religion Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 852.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 19, February 3, 2017, Page H977):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 852, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/852

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b340a12d9ead713e716a17945e9c247e174fcf82b51c1f3c5690db2e8d29cad

  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. 852, 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.