Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10244.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 173, November 21, 2024, Page H6193):
  The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the SBA to improve outreach and education on cooperatives and employee-owned businesses through Federal agencies and offices.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2024 ↗

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  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10244, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7be8ae010100796ef7397edc5c2ac09756c7b16353fbc249633769de763aba0b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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