SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3784.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015” on January 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 9, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51144

  CBO publication date

  January 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3784, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3784

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5eab42b7448bfb896c1cbd6f0b238d6a237868f2d7ccc389c36feb198fb0c693

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-408 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 1, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/408

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3784, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3784

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5eab42b7448bfb896c1cbd6f0b238d6a237868f2d7ccc389c36feb198fb0c693

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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. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7089):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  285 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3784, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3784

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5eab42b7448bfb896c1cbd6f0b238d6a237868f2d7ccc389c36feb198fb0c693

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3784, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.