Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3701.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3701, Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019” on February 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 16, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 21, 2020 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56187

  CBO publication date

  February 21, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3701, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 116-399 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 21, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 21, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/399

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3701, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 116, July 11, 2019, Page H5727):
  Article 1 Section 8: Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3701, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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