To prohibit individuals convicted of defrauding the Government from receiving any assistance from the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5427.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5427, a bill to prohibit individuals convicted of defrauding the Government from receiving any assistance from the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes” 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/59789

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5427, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-219 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/219

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5427, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4297):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution 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

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5427, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c771e5fa7ff22fe84c3d408a67074bb227dfa47b67bfe8244a04073135c59f1

  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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