Financial Technology Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5036.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act” on September 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 24, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54439

  CBO publication date

  September 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5036, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16416246662ac776dcaef51c499a2b808deddb1c8ce88e93951b44301e2c0e65

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-984 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 26, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/984

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5036, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16416246662ac776dcaef51c499a2b808deddb1c8ce88e93951b44301e2c0e65

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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. BUDD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 30, February 15, 2018, Pages H1212-H1213):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, providing the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5036, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16416246662ac776dcaef51c499a2b808deddb1c8ce88e93951b44301e2c0e65

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

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