SCRUB Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 998.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 998, SCRUB Act” on February 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 14, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52447

  CBO publication date

  February 21, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab843f365e67103c70ab7d9d4d8f1d8704bd021b46ba32372ded20e595ec13d2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on February 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/14

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab843f365e67103c70ab7d9d4d8f1d8704bd021b46ba32372ded20e595ec13d2

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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 Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 23, February 9, 2017, Page H1100):
  Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; 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…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  1,092 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab843f365e67103c70ab7d9d4d8f1d8704bd021b46ba32372ded20e595ec13d2

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

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