House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
DOE and SBA Research Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2023
- Committee actionJul 18, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 29, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4669.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4669, DOE and SBA Research 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/59624
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4669, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4669
- 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. 118-183 ↗. 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
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/183
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4669, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4669
- 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 Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 122, July 17, 2023, Page H3641):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: SBA and National Laboratories' researchSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4669, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4669
- 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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.