To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 749.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 749, A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate i” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on March 25, 2009</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20550

  CBO publication date

  March 27, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 749, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/749

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d4cb83fc0db0365e9a4a49c0949a8a2722be0aa68ce2ed110d72c766aadd07e

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 749, A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate i” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on March 25, 2009”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20550

  CBO publication date

  March 27, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 749, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/749

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d4cb83fc0db0365e9a4a49c0949a8a2722be0aa68ce2ed110d72c766aadd07e

• 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. 111-77 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on April 21, 2009.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/77

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 749, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/749

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d4cb83fc0db0365e9a4a49c0949a8a2722be0aa68ce2ed110d72c766aadd07e

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 749, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.