MORE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3617.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under H.R. 3617, the MORE Act” on March 30, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2022, and Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules as Committee Print 117-37 on March 24, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57958

  CBO publication date

  March 30, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3617, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f01f37d28945d208b45e1af1ab3fdf7adb1c58c7df8d55924c00b6d4854d9b92

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 24, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/276

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3617, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f01f37d28945d208b45e1af1ab3fdf7adb1c58c7df8d55924c00b6d4854d9b92

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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. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 94, May 28, 2021, Page H2679):
  Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  83 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3617, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f01f37d28945d208b45e1af1ab3fdf7adb1c58c7df8d55924c00b6d4854d9b92

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3617, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.