HALOS Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1553.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1553, HALOS Act of 2023” on August 1, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59448

  CBO publication date

  August 1, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1553, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1553

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-310 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 12, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/310

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1553, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1553

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7bab9d154f6a5ffff74d765eb2793ce8520c880c0b263ef532f6501e367b22f9

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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. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1281):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require revisions to Securities and Exchange Commission rules
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1553, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1553

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7bab9d154f6a5ffff74d765eb2793ce8520c880c0b263ef532f6501e367b22f9

  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. 1553, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.