SERV Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4480.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4480, SERV ACT” on September 28, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on September 1, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59622

  CBO publication date

  September 28, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4480, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4480

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 118-181 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on September 1, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/181

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4480, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4480

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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 Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Veteran entrepreneurs and small business owners
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  215 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4480, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4480

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bb954b60dc3dc2e92387533efe9c35e31748ebe4289b45ee92999f91f171b51c

  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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