SEC Transparency Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8241.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2836):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to semiannually testify before Congress with regard to the activities of the Commission.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  296 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8241, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8241

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c339a167b5b0e1de1ace40e9fa1514a9b4b28755382b698c8e2a988c0fe96c4

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8241, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.