STEP Improvement Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8844.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8844, STEP Improvement Act of 2022” on November 2, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on October 14, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58619

  CBO publication date

  November 2, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8844, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3d56db59441de307d5e19780143dfefbafdefa0f91343426e24cc1ddbaa082

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-542 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 14, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/542

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8844, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3d56db59441de307d5e19780143dfefbafdefa0f91343426e24cc1ddbaa082

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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. EVANS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7882):
  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 September 15, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8844, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3d56db59441de307d5e19780143dfefbafdefa0f91343426e24cc1ddbaa082

  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. 8844, 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.