ASCEND Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 277.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 277, ASCEND Act of 2019” on May 15, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 1, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55249

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 277, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  914e37bff387f1432ad49870693e4951f10006a2916988296783c400f7c6e137

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-115 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/115

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 277, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  914e37bff387f1432ad49870693e4951f10006a2916988296783c400f7c6e137

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H285):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 277, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  914e37bff387f1432ad49870693e4951f10006a2916988296783c400f7c6e137

  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. 277, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.