ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7989.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7989 ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act” on May 28, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 17, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60337

  CBO publication date

  May 28, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7989, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7989

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93e910dc438b9f04826030a8f35f63aee141eb2c157c069f3303574fcd9b21f4

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-538 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 4, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/538

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7989, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7989

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93e910dc438b9f04826030a8f35f63aee141eb2c157c069f3303574fcd9b21f4

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOLINARO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 64, April 15, 2024, Page H2398):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Workforce
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7989, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7989

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93e910dc438b9f04826030a8f35f63aee141eb2c157c069f3303574fcd9b21f4

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7989, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.