House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2023
- Committee actionApr 26, 2023
- Passed HouseMay 30, 2023 · 309–67
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 31, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2796.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act” on May 24, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59138
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2796, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2796
- 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. 118-78 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 30, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 30, 2023 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/78
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2796, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37a1c24530c37b20614edf73909a8b73dcb3bfefcb7b0b21eba06746e243c307
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 68, April 24, 2023, Page H1915):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To provide educational resources and host events to promote capital raising options for traditionally underrepresented small businesses, and for other purposes (FSC)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2023 ↗
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- Statement length
- 377 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2796, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37a1c24530c37b20614edf73909a8b73dcb3bfefcb7b0b21eba06746e243c307
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.