Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1312.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1312, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act” on March 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 9, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2017 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52527

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 1, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/104

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. POLIQUIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1530):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  256 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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