Trading Isn’t a Game Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4685.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4685, Trading Isn’t a Game Act” on December 3, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57663

  CBO publication date

  December 3, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4685, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156ce76b2f515a28f0276de063d4074d8cee4c625d5e352850f3e6c9d7eb0818

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-231 ↗. 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/231

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4685, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156ce76b2f515a28f0276de063d4074d8cee4c625d5e352850f3e6c9d7eb0818

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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. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 130, July 26, 2021, Page H3908):
  Articel 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4685, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156ce76b2f515a28f0276de063d4074d8cee4c625d5e352850f3e6c9d7eb0818

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4685, last updated May 15, 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.