Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6445.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6445, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022” on April 21, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 8, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58018

  CBO publication date

  April 21, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6445, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3160b0cd57d621a86ccdd8dde4fa186643e219d53ca482e34d20a7d627b8473e

• 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. 117-260 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 8, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 8, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/260

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6445, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3160b0cd57d621a86ccdd8dde4fa186643e219d53ca482e34d20a7d627b8473e

  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 Mr. GOLDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 13, January 20, 2022, Page H289):
  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 January 20, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6445, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3160b0cd57d621a86ccdd8dde4fa186643e219d53ca482e34d20a7d627b8473e

  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. 6445, 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.