SEED Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 62, April 13, 2023, Page H1727):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with states, other nations, and Native American tribes. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: Authority to create laws that are necessary and proper to carry out the laws of the land The single subject of this legislation is: Provides small issuers with a micro-offering exemption free of mandated disclosures or offering filings, but subject to the antifraud provisions of the Federal securities laws.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗

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  450 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2609, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63d461329d9f17ca7d3f5c8d19391862b0392d9f480ce30bb25b81aa6c818f50

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2609, 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.