Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 499.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 499, Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act” on August 14, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55553

  CBO publication date

  August 14, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 499, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ee15f989ada48ba3d4cee40e4f12241e894136df8a1c4aa2871a51e454da239

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-235 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 15, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/235

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 499, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ee15f989ada48ba3d4cee40e4f12241e894136df8a1c4aa2871a51e454da239

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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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 499, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ee15f989ada48ba3d4cee40e4f12241e894136df8a1c4aa2871a51e454da239

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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