Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5013.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-656 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 16, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/656

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5013, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5013

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de219130fab18c84b04185071a01e8a704db0724cc74fd726a6d9baf94c4404d

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):
  Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  254 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5013, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5013

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de219130fab18c84b04185071a01e8a704db0724cc74fd726a6d9baf94c4404d

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5013, 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.