CLOSE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4782.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3890):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Environment
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  75 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4782, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4782

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04160126f53d062a8912db2c4b91e5f3d3a74e4fcfd912d7364dbac7a3659ee9

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4782, last updated January 16, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.