Guidance Clarity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4428.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4428, Guidance Clarity Act” on October 19, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on September 20, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59672

  CBO publication date

  October 19, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4428, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d0a94a47869852876bbefa1cfb71c95ef61291afa8ae07790da993580993ca2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-903 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/903

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4428, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d0a94a47869852876bbefa1cfb71c95ef61291afa8ae07790da993580993ca2

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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. LUETKEMEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3161):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Additionally, Congress has the Constitutional authority to regulate commerce among the States and with Indian Tribes as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation requires a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  567 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4428, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d0a94a47869852876bbefa1cfb71c95ef61291afa8ae07790da993580993ca2

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