House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9487.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9487, House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act” on December 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61144

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9487, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1992f1201763e0845c37224b46852e406a7ed1d35308217f0b41f761abdb8739

• 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. 118-678 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on September 16, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/678

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9487, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1992f1201763e0845c37224b46852e406a7ed1d35308217f0b41f761abdb8739

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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. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Page H5033):
  Article I, Section 8 This bill will revise certain authorities of the House Office of Legislative Counsel.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  106 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9487, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1992f1201763e0845c37224b46852e406a7ed1d35308217f0b41f761abdb8739

  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. 9487, last updated July 17, 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.