To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize funding for the Office of Government Ethics.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2904.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2904, A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize funding for the Office of Government Ethics, and to expand the definition of a "special government employee" under title 18, United States Code” on October 13, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 30, 1999”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 1999 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11903

  CBO publication date

  October 13, 1999

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2904, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2904

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-433 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 2, 1999.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 1999 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/433

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2904, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2904

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e00b497b25c0911e0957929a13d5bf1c2777be7f4b93d0733119075341b89cdb

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2904, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.