Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H677):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses I (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``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 January 16, 2019 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 609, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e815778908bffb594ea8811e2cc211b1c7a2b7dce7010959f7cbbf63b8fa88e6

  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 or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 609, 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.