Insider Trading Prohibition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2534.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act” on June 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 8, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55380

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2534, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  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. 116-219 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 27, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/219

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2534, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  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. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 75, May 7, 2019, Page H3475):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2534, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3d7a33ef18a71a99e4e8bacbe4eebee6f364990e605c5a8e13cfe281bf93196

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2534, last updated May 28, 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.