Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1541.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1541, Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2023” on May 25, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59211

  CBO publication date

  May 25, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  46976faa335e1e41069ff81c6bfb159d7aa004cfe6985f5de95a9b85a50061ef

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-97 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 5, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/97

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  46976faa335e1e41069ff81c6bfb159d7aa004cfe6985f5de95a9b85a50061ef

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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. CROW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill allows Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to provide assistance to small businesses regarding apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and job training programs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  382 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  46976faa335e1e41069ff81c6bfb159d7aa004cfe6985f5de95a9b85a50061ef

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

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