To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the Nation's homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 services, to further upgrade Public Safety Answering Point capabilities and related functions in receiving E-911 calls, and to support in the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system; and to provide that funds received as universal service contributions under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs established pursuant thereto are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act, for a period of time.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5419.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5419, An act to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the nation's homeland” on January 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 8, 2004, and signed by the President on December 23, 2004”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16216

  CBO publication date

  January 6, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5419, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5419

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5c6cb38e977bbc97ea522d40bda244d4950ee4df5d21400a173f15310addada

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5419, An act to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the nation's homeland” on January 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 8, 2004, and signed by the President on December 23, 2004</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16216

  CBO publication date

  January 6, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5419, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5419

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5c6cb38e977bbc97ea522d40bda244d4950ee4df5d21400a173f15310addada

• 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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5419, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.