House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Prove It Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Finstad R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 4, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1163.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1163, Prove It Act” on August 13, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61663
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1163, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1163, Prove it Act” on August 13, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61664
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1163, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
017088f81950fe126cda266796b967e5e0b114ae52a268327b08c58ba0fbde55
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 119-108 ↗; H. Rept. 119-108,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/108
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/108 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1163, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
017088f81950fe126cda266796b967e5e0b114ae52a268327b08c58ba0fbde55
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 27, February 10, 2025, Page H614):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1163, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
017088f81950fe126cda266796b967e5e0b114ae52a268327b08c58ba0fbde55
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bryan Steil (R-WI), David Taylor (R-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Valadao (R-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad.
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- H.R. 8881 (119th) SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
- H.R. 9576 (119th) National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
- H.R. 10353 (119th) SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 6978 (119th) Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act
- H.Res. 1261 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 3 through May 9, 2026, as "National Small Business Week" to celebrate the…
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.