Small Business Contracting Credit Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5063.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Pages H4146-H4147):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have power. . . to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Small Business Act to extend the period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  379 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5063, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5063

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4a2218e4300b28a0b88e8bdc8b9073ede0590374aec43a69d3d19ffaf412fb4

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5063, last updated May 27, 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.