Transparency in Government Contracts Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1744.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 53, March 23, 2023, Page H1410):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: The Transparency in Government Contracts Act requires the Small Business Administration to disaggregate data on Federal contracts awarded to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  339 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1744, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1744

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 30, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bb7bb36121097ef5294129e4468a826deaa5fc10c149053fbe763305e7a9c5a4

  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 October 30, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1744, last updated October 30, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.