Encouraging Success Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6591.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6591, Encouraging Success Act” on February 26, 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, February 26, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60008

  CBO publication date

  February 26, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6591, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6591

  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. 118-379 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on February 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 9, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/379

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6591, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6591

  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. ELLZEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 200, December 5, 2023, Page H6144):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''. The single subject of this legislation is: Amends section 8(a) of the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to regularly reassess the asset and net worth thresholds for qualifying as an economically disadvantaged individual.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  608 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6591, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6591

  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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