Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4549.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4549, Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act” on August 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 22, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61683

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 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. 119-225 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on August 15, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/225

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 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 Ms. GOODLANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 124, July 21, 2025, Page H3527):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4549, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  956fbafa8cc972c5fc67d5ad8523b75c31f75a49d14776e511ac7c3871f8cfde

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4549, last updated July 17, 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.