To amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5425.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5425, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs, and for other purposes” on February 29, 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, February 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60036

  CBO publication date

  February 29, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5425, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e999a34c82e0060c2b50c601b7989647a128d67e27bc39a95f079f2542ac3382

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-221 ↗. 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 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/221

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5425, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e999a34c82e0060c2b50c601b7989647a128d67e27bc39a95f079f2542ac3382

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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. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4297):
  The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  216 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5425, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e999a34c82e0060c2b50c601b7989647a128d67e27bc39a95f079f2542ac3382

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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