Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2799.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023” on July 17, 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, July 17, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59374

  CBO publication date

  July 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2799, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 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. 118-143 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 17, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/143

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2799, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. McHENRY, 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 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: To make reforms to the capital markets of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  333 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2799, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  00fda4b58848d795125ffe0833d19f9148b24096ffb1649676764e699ddb8724

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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