Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5509.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5509, Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 17, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53861

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-975 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/975

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 60, April 13, 2018, Page H3316):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power 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 April 13, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f48ba83dee23c162e70037cdebfe5d450fd625ad04f13725569b3ac4e392b6b

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