WOSB Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1816.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1816, WOSB Accountability Act” on April 7, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61318

  CBO publication date

  April 7, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1816, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c73e918bdd30dbcbfc6405f790fefc20c613b9ea95254c0afb8eb6017fdd7880

• 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. 119-37 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 24, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/37

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1816, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c73e918bdd30dbcbfc6405f790fefc20c613b9ea95254c0afb8eb6017fdd7880

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 40, March 3, 2025, Page H947):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the power ``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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1816, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c73e918bdd30dbcbfc6405f790fefc20c613b9ea95254c0afb8eb6017fdd7880

  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. 1816, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.