Small Business Contracting Transparency Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4670.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4670, Small Business Contracting Transparency Act of 2023” 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/59625

  CBO publication date

  September 28, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4670, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4670

  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. 118-179 ↗. 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/179

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4670, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4670

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6571564564435b0c812232d74a0acc404d8c3bc1ede5ea873018df5583c9c1a

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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. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 122, July 17, 2023, Page H3641):
  Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Legislating
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  101 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4670, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4670

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6571564564435b0c812232d74a0acc404d8c3bc1ede5ea873018df5583c9c1a

  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. 4670, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.