GOOD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4809.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4809, GOOD Act” on April 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 15, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53739

  CBO publication date

  April 12, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4b8bc40ee75ff766dc66345d98d7b0427650f3750c854f8e05ef7332d95d2a1

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-972 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/972

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4b8bc40ee75ff766dc66345d98d7b0427650f3750c854f8e05ef7332d95d2a1

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 9, January 16, 2018, Page H404):
  in Article I, Section 1, Clause 1; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18; and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4b8bc40ee75ff766dc66345d98d7b0427650f3750c854f8e05ef7332d95d2a1

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4809, last updated December 4, 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.