Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5178.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5178, Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018” on June 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 10, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54119

  CBO publication date

  June 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5178, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89a245f9486749c62a9dde4a5b41cce7d58cd345e71b0c3b5f2c2357e2d4be57

• 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. 115-628 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on April 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/628

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5178, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89a245f9486749c62a9dde4a5b41cce7d58cd345e71b0c3b5f2c2357e2d4be57

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 39, March 6, 2018, Page H1441):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5178, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89a245f9486749c62a9dde4a5b41cce7d58cd345e71b0c3b5f2c2357e2d4be57

  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. 5178, 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.