Housing Fairness Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 149.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 149, Housing Fairness Act of 2020” on July 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 28, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56460

  CBO publication date

  July 1, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 149, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a4e42debe9cd4aafc3a124735d1619f7e60a7b311d6df38d0ed11182cd288ec

• 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. 116-664 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 17, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/664

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 149, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a4e42debe9cd4aafc3a124735d1619f7e60a7b311d6df38d0ed11182cd288ec

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H215):
  The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can be found in: General Welfare Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 1) Commerce Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3) Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18) Appropriations Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 9, Cl. 7)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  257 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 149, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a4e42debe9cd4aafc3a124735d1619f7e60a7b311d6df38d0ed11182cd288ec

  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. 149, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.