To establish Growth Accelerator Fund Competition within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4387.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4387, an act to establish Growth Accelerator Fund Competition within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes” on December 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on October 21, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55920

  CBO publication date

  December 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4387, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4387

  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. 116-238 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 17, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 17, 2019 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/238

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4387, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4387

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 150, September 18, 2019, Page H7774):
  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 September 18, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4387, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df05c1802694029b3f722801f3ab97408c9fa70cde505992d870d7d98c156627

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