Failed Bank Executives Accountability and Consequences Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4208.

• 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. 107, June 20, 2023, Page H2991):
  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: This bill would expand bank regulatory authority with respect to clawing back compensation, imposing fines, and banning future work in the industry for bank executives that negligently contribute to their bank's failure.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  432 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4208, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2dc495c0caed3bcd7f50c8925ac6a0402faee73561610f05eaf21c0bacd01453

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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