Regional Innovation Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4588.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4588, Regional Innovation Act of 2021” on February 24, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 27, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57882

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4588, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• 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. 117-254 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on March 1, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 1, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/254

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4588, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 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. WILD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 127, July 20, 2021, Page H3755):
  Article I, Section VIII--Necessary and Proper Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4588, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df71d7d4d0f20508f0340c5125d210c0d5ac605a2cf5f5d88ea4c16abf521f5d

  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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