Economic Empowerment Through Predevelopment Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5098.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 132, August 1, 2023, Page H4158):
  42 USC Ch. 38: PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secreatry of Commerce to make predevelopment grants, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2023 ↗

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  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5098, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5098

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ce37a61386d74fb79ec0451a01cd54ff27ee0dd8b6019a71610e93b6c0d2a48

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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