Small-Cap Access to Capital Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4697.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4697, Small-Cap Access to Capital Act” on September 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45690

  CBO publication date

  September 5, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4697, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4697

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ddd1441d3dfe9cdd09cfe6871d476652b8bddd17abb5a636836888378a8a5cd

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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. McCARTHY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4784):
  Article I, Section 8 By Mr. PALAZZO. H.R. 4698. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: (1) Article I Section 8--The Commerce Clause, granting Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several States; (2) Article I, Section 8--The Necessary and Proper Clause, granting Congress the power to make all laws which are necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers vested by the Constitution of the United States; and (3) The 14th Amendment, granting Congress the power to ensure equal protection under the laws.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  566 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4697, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4697

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ddd1441d3dfe9cdd09cfe6871d476652b8bddd17abb5a636836888378a8a5cd

  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 committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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