House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dean Phillips D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 2, 2021 · 407–9
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 3, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4481.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4481, Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act” on August 30, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on November 2, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58441
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4481, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 117-141 ↗. 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/141
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4481, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2efcfebfc9e6393832df66dc0a8a1d2411ecb1283ddc2e7c05852db39cb6d3a9
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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. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 125, July 16, 2021, Page H3634):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 July 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4481, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2efcfebfc9e6393832df66dc0a8a1d2411ecb1283ddc2e7c05852db39cb6d3a9
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
6 of 6 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.