Strategic Competition Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4521.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022” on March 4, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Passed by the House of Representatives on February 4, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57898

  CBO publication date

  March 4, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4521, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03d1cbac2f73770559b6b1a57b8f815ec1739d782373efc213ad393b17d8aca3

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-235 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on January 28, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/235

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4521, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03d1cbac2f73770559b6b1a57b8f815ec1739d782373efc213ad393b17d8aca3

  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 Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 126, July 19, 2021, Page H3669):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4521, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03d1cbac2f73770559b6b1a57b8f815ec1739d782373efc213ad393b17d8aca3

  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. 4521, last updated December 17, 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.