Federal Reserve Financial Accountability and Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8591.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 93, May 31, 2024, Pages H3542-H3543):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Enhances the annual reporting requirements for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 31, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  205 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8591, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8591

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7de746c653d698ce7c0160f7811b380b6efcc23553cfd417f08445367d5da5a1

  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.

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