Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1538.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Small Business Act to provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  248 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1538, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3559db1704eeeb478fe4ca83ce91ff094a97b873f9ace2006de14b159e7a9a9c

  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 December 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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