To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5426.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5426, a bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans” on November 21, 2023. 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, November 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59790

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140ef4a0c30571f4f1508671afc2ff5b05e9aca2e91c364a371264304d2ec820

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-220 ↗. 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/220

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140ef4a0c30571f4f1508671afc2ff5b05e9aca2e91c364a371264304d2ec820

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4297):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: SBA debarment for COVID-19 fraud
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  215 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140ef4a0c30571f4f1508671afc2ff5b05e9aca2e91c364a371264304d2ec820

  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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