Plain Language in Contracting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7987.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7987, Plain Language in Contracting Act” on June 24, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on May 23, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60448

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7987, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97ff1dfae32b1b749e74785534a769ea3187a32738c488df664af1eec57c7b86

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-471 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/471

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7987, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97ff1dfae32b1b749e74785534a769ea3187a32738c488df664af1eec57c7b86

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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. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 64, April 15, 2024, Page H2397):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Small Business Contracting
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7987, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97ff1dfae32b1b749e74785534a769ea3187a32738c488df664af1eec57c7b86

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