ESCRA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9991.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NICKEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 156, October 15, 2024, Page H5872):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 General Welfare Clause The single subject of this legislation is: Financial Services
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  115 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9991, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e36df8e0dbc1c8e484e8a34fb7ec484ae555e6904feee1a7c1c6799a25b55a94

  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 December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9991, last updated December 16, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.