Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5778.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5778, Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act” on April 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on December 17, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62327

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5778, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5778

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  685c5a3b0c149e9e5a7f7b8515a8676e45d399102c5b66ede063cfeea22c52cc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-412 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 17, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/412

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5778, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5778

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  685c5a3b0c149e9e5a7f7b8515a8676e45d399102c5b66ede063cfeea22c52cc

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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. McIVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 172, October 17, 2025, Page H4542):
  Commerce Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  47 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5778, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5778

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  685c5a3b0c149e9e5a7f7b8515a8676e45d399102c5b66ede063cfeea22c52cc

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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