Investing in Main Street Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4256.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4256, Investing in Main Street Act of 2021” on February 22, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on November 2, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57866

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 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. 117-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 12, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/140

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b7e644f5d7994c294f2c6cb2f277c342bdb5883e4e12067da86a302634a9ace

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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. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 114, June 30, 2021, Page H3580):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b7e644f5d7994c294f2c6cb2f277c342bdb5883e4e12067da86a302634a9ace

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4256, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.