To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4248.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4248, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes” on February 16, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 15, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53595

  CBO publication date

  February 16, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 115-570 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/570

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 179, November 3, 2017, Page H8496):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb6c22dce13c11d3d746cea6aa1c6fc28a9a475420dc10ca403bc2e606afbcf3

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

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