House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Middle Market IPO Cost Act
Official title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study of the costs associated with small- and medium-sized companies to undertake initial public offerings.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee actionMay 20, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3395.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3395, Middle Market IPO Cost Act” on July 16, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61566
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3395, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 3, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/128
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3395, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2052):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3395, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Himes.
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- H.R. 7792 (119th) Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 10142 (119th) Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 3542 (119th) CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.