Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3709.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-205 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 15, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/205

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3709, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0b9d7b60a8375b89ddd972edc76c65641993dd5b43edb0997d58bd65e097e8e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2469):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3709, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0b9d7b60a8375b89ddd972edc76c65641993dd5b43edb0997d58bd65e097e8e

  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 noteThe text of H.R.3709 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated October 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3709, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0b9d7b60a8375b89ddd972edc76c65641993dd5b43edb0997d58bd65e097e8e

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3709, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.