Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5498.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5498, Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026” on August 25, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 29, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62721

  CBO publication date

  August 25, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5498, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156d8ead530acfdea719d32388e2af007d53703fd3ffd971b61479ee4dd80e78

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 119-716,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 119-716 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on July 2, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/716
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/716

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5498, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156d8ead530acfdea719d32388e2af007d53703fd3ffd971b61479ee4dd80e78

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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. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5498, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  156d8ead530acfdea719d32388e2af007d53703fd3ffd971b61479ee4dd80e78

  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. 5498, last updated August 25, 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.