Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5236.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5236, Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018” on June 27, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on May 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54128

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5236, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5236

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41aad18a2f31fa0364b1bf865428a1cf04f98493898972c43e6ccc161ca536d7

• 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. 115-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on April 24, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/645

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5236, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5236

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41aad18a2f31fa0364b1bf865428a1cf04f98493898972c43e6ccc161ca536d7

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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. 41, March 8, 2018, Page H1502):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . . ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  156 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5236, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5236

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41aad18a2f31fa0364b1bf865428a1cf04f98493898972c43e6ccc161ca536d7

  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. 5236, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.