To amend section 5336 of title 31, United States Code, to provide existing small businesses with an additional year to file beneficial ownership information, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9278.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNN of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 127, August 2, 2024, Page H4974):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend section 5336 of title 31, United States Code, to provide existing small businesses with an additional year to file beneficial ownership information, and for other purposes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2024 ↗

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  511 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9278, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1ded7ad1eef1b504d3dde40230aa90d0ff58f0afeecc1aeea9c480a918d790b

  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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