House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Credit Availability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 2017
- Committee actionNov 15, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4267.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act” on March 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, March 16, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53657
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4267, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4267
- 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. 115-646 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 24, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/646
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4267, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4267
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84001e917f49dda32dbbbcdf1a1686551cda983f3ce09ecfdcf03219e816ac68
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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. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 181, November 7, 2017, Page H8597):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2017 ↗
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- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4267, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4267
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84001e917f49dda32dbbbcdf1a1686551cda983f3ce09ecfdcf03219e816ac68
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 22 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ted Budd (R-NC), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Tom Graves (R-GA), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Ed Royce (R-CA), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.