EBSA Investigations Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2869.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2869, Employee Benefit Security Administration Investigations Transparency Act” on January 5, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 17, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61993

  CBO publication date

  January 5, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2869, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2869

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  429a77726b1ca1bbc8b80da37f72afdf71994d7e6270e6982509467df869d5b6

• 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. 119-491 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 10, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/491

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2869, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2869

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  429a77726b1ca1bbc8b80da37f72afdf71994d7e6270e6982509467df869d5b6

  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 Mrs. McCLAIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1602):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2869, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2869

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  429a77726b1ca1bbc8b80da37f72afdf71994d7e6270e6982509467df869d5b6

  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. 2869, last updated June 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.