To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2142.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2142, A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes” on June 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 1, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55333

  CBO publication date

  June 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-113 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 13, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/113

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 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. DELGADO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3256):
  Article 1 Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  71 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2142, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c19e2d8f6020c564c6df52dd720c0b219dc7d57072f121908e609097d978519

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