ITS Codification Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4990.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4990, ITS Codification Act” on November 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58750

  CBO publication date

  November 10, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4990, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0947b4620f8b065990e7f815823bfab3003ffda11522494067d7f05bd7b5f457

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 26, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/437

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4990, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0947b4620f8b065990e7f815823bfab3003ffda11522494067d7f05bd7b5f457

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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 145, August 10, 2021, Page H4325):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 10, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4990, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0947b4620f8b065990e7f815823bfab3003ffda11522494067d7f05bd7b5f457

  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. 4990, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.