Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6324.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act” on July 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54216

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6324, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2457a0f4718577497ea999a0be7228d63ff218f39de3196e69a4d073468de721

• 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. 115-887 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on August 3, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/887

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6324, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2457a0f4718577497ea999a0be7228d63ff218f39de3196e69a4d073468de721

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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. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 115, July 10, 2018, Page H6041):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6324, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2457a0f4718577497ea999a0be7228d63ff218f39de3196e69a4d073468de721

  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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