Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5265.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5265, Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act” on January 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on September 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59894

  CBO publication date

  January 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5265, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5265

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3206fbd5441ccc1fe0a3a22374ea5214a253f680eba41b6fb6ecd71849b78c4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-223 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on September 26, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/223

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5265, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5265

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3206fbd5441ccc1fe0a3a22374ea5214a253f680eba41b6fb6ecd71849b78c4

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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. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4205):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, and to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  366 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5265, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5265

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3206fbd5441ccc1fe0a3a22374ea5214a253f680eba41b6fb6ecd71849b78c4

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