Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 298.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 298, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2862c8a7569920a33e1a1b1e6b65d503aed1c860ab2b5be64c2bb713c0a71ac8

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 298, last updated December 5, 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.