ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4329.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019” on November 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55882

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4329, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4329

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3009336a4c4a739279bf8772866b237098c789cc98618a0deeb6912d0cc969b3

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-365 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 7, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/365

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4329, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4329

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3009336a4c4a739279bf8772866b237098c789cc98618a0deeb6912d0cc969b3

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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. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 147, September 13, 2019, Page H7711):
  (1) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4329, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4329

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3009336a4c4a739279bf8772866b237098c789cc98618a0deeb6912d0cc969b3

  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. 4329, last updated April 7, 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.