Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5082.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5082, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018” on August 3, 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, August 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54332

  CBO publication date

  August 3, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5082, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d57e8ffe3a6457f0c8cd5fe0ba81c2d5486a4c7409b013e358c3383f019c31

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-892 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on August 7, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/892

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5082, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d57e8ffe3a6457f0c8cd5fe0ba81c2d5486a4c7409b013e358c3383f019c31

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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. MOONEY of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 33, February 23, 2018, Page H1226):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution this power.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  229 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5082, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d57e8ffe3a6457f0c8cd5fe0ba81c2d5486a4c7409b013e358c3383f019c31

  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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