Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3400.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3400, Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act” on May 29, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on January 11, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60347

  CBO publication date

  May 29, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3400, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3400

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64556aff27e645f3f9aec0899e000c96703ecf7c366215e71c47984c602567f2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-343 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on January 11, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/343

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3400, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3400

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64556aff27e645f3f9aec0899e000c96703ecf7c366215e71c47984c602567f2

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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. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause The single subject of this legislation is: Updating the jurisdictional standards of the National Labor Relations Board
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3400, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3400

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64556aff27e645f3f9aec0899e000c96703ecf7c366215e71c47984c602567f2

  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. 3400, last updated July 21, 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.