Retail Investor Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2374.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act” on July 10, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 19, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44410

  CBO publication date

  July 10, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2374, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06590d4ddf16abb824dc311f8940e22386ab12e5e47802c257bb0b6b3a2f36d6

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-228,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 113-228,Part 1 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 30, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2013 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/228
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/228

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2374, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06590d4ddf16abb824dc311f8940e22386ab12e5e47802c257bb0b6b3a2f36d6

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3653):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.'' Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  943 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2374, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06590d4ddf16abb824dc311f8940e22386ab12e5e47802c257bb0b6b3a2f36d6

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