To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings open to the public.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3503.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTMORELAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7892):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3503, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 6, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50263e1eee570fe8975cffd58879387865b71f821a0fb9639b20db4b7aaf821a

  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 February 6, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3503, last updated February 6, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.