CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2798.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act” on August 1, 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, August 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59443

  CBO publication date

  August 1, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0129f927d84ca948dc5441971f6ad3a11699d1ab9f28f7e46b363b77e9e4dc9

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 4, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/297

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0129f927d84ca948dc5441971f6ad3a11699d1ab9f28f7e46b363b77e9e4dc9

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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. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 68, April 24, 2023, Page H1915):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution foregoing The single subject of this legislation is: To make reforms to the Consumer Financial Protection Board
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  362 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0129f927d84ca948dc5441971f6ad3a11699d1ab9f28f7e46b363b77e9e4dc9

  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. 2798, 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.