Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4738.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act” on April 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on January 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53731

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4738, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb338b6b22b38c10e6d93e768c804fdd9bcf6799b21f4f3668a434b7ac8fadca

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-662 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 7, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/662

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4738, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb338b6b22b38c10e6d93e768c804fdd9bcf6799b21f4f3668a434b7ac8fadca

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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. EMMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 4, January 8, 2018, Page H18):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4738, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb338b6b22b38c10e6d93e768c804fdd9bcf6799b21f4f3668a434b7ac8fadca

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4738, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.