To amend the Small Business Act to modify the application of price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5450.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5450, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to modify the application of price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts, and for other purposes” on March 14, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on January 31, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60109

  CBO publication date

  March 14, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  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. 118-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on February 13, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/381

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  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 Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4298):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''. The single subject of this legislation is: Small Business
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  362 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d645df165906e37868173495a16c725afc9d83a3b836780f38208120c95aed15

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