House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2024
- Committee actionApr 17, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 11, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8014.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8014 Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities 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
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60338
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8014, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8014
- 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. 118-539 ↗. 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 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/539
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8014, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8014
- 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. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 66, April 16, 2024, Page H2444):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Small BusinessSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2024 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8014, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8014
- 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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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