Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2543.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act” on May 27, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 21, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57250

  CBO publication date

  May 27, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2543, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2543

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-228 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 20, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 20, 2022 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/228

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2543, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2543

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 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 Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 64, April 14, 2021, Page H1791):
  Article I, Section 8 cl. 3, To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, Among the Several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2543, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2543

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8b4e3f1703a57e6be2db500d01f6864fa675ce3c1def91d7d05d9846e4565c1

  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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