To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1343.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1343, A bill to return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States” on April 14, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22101

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79202e6f983ee37fd08d3329fd852a3a5bb0792ef4e5d2d8c4991e8fd5e854f8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-228 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 29, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/228

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79202e6f983ee37fd08d3329fd852a3a5bb0792ef4e5d2d8c4991e8fd5e854f8

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BASS of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2292):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution (``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes'').
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79202e6f983ee37fd08d3329fd852a3a5bb0792ef4e5d2d8c4991e8fd5e854f8

  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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