House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
SCORE for Small Business Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2019
- Committee actionSep 25, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 21, 2019 · 389–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 22, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4407.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4407, SCORE for Small Business Act of 2019” on November 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed the House of Representatives on October 21, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55838
- CBO publication date
- November 8, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4407, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4407
- 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. 116-241 ↗. 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/241
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4407, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4407
- 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. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 151, September 19, 2019, Page H7836):Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 15 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4407, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4407
- 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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Angie Craig (D-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.