EQUAL Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4861.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4861, EQUAL Act of 2018” on June 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 21, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54087

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4861, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d4ae6d30b0a0c514219014ea83e2d137589985817ae7691acb48420f3338943

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-890 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on August 3, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/890

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4861, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d4ae6d30b0a0c514219014ea83e2d137589985817ae7691acb48420f3338943

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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. HOLLINGSWORTH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 12, January 19, 2018, Page H583):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4861, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d4ae6d30b0a0c514219014ea83e2d137589985817ae7691acb48420f3338943

  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. 4861, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.