7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1644.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1644, 7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act” on May 31, 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 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59227

  CBO publication date

  May 31, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7580f9eff5257714a02824e680d0532a0c1c62a0d32d92c457e8d9434c0a90e1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-99 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/99

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7580f9eff5257714a02824e680d0532a0c1c62a0d32d92c457e8d9434c0a90e1

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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. MEUSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to submit an annual report containing specified information related to 7(a) loan agents.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7580f9eff5257714a02824e680d0532a0c1c62a0d32d92c457e8d9434c0a90e1

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1644, 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.