Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4281.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act” on December 6, 2017. 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, December 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53369

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4281, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4281

  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. 115-531 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 29, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/531

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4281, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4281

  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. KIHUEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 181, November 7, 2017, Page H8597):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4281, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4281

  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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