EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4078.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4078, EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2019” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56925

  CBO publication date

  December 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3625b3640a777ad2e7e26cefd161d53fcb53da24c12635b8f76acae5c296dfd3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-538 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 25, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/538

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3625b3640a777ad2e7e26cefd161d53fcb53da24c12635b8f76acae5c296dfd3

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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. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7471):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  388 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3625b3640a777ad2e7e26cefd161d53fcb53da24c12635b8f76acae5c296dfd3

  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. 4078, last updated December 6, 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.