Patriotic Employer Protection Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3661.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3661, Patriotic Employer Protection Act of 2019” on August 12, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55549

  CBO publication date

  August 12, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3661, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3661

  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. 116-234 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 15, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/234

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3661, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3661

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61e1e21a177b89c5dd5529f9674ce50d572cef64e7b6d3da89e46fedd260227b

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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. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 115, July 10, 2019, Page H5584):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3661, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3661

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61e1e21a177b89c5dd5529f9674ce50d572cef64e7b6d3da89e46fedd260227b

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3661, 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.