Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1123.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1123, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act” on November 7, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 31, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44709

  CBO publication date

  November 7, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1123, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1123

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  147eb120b38c03585215aa09908121cf77dc9b509a96e9b9aca758c0c6634373

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-356 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 25, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/356

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1123, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1123

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  147eb120b38c03585215aa09908121cf77dc9b509a96e9b9aca758c0c6634373

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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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1397):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 gives Congress the authority ``To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.'' This legislation addresses the rights granted by Congress to selected copyrighted works.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1123, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1123

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  147eb120b38c03585215aa09908121cf77dc9b509a96e9b9aca758c0c6634373

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

• Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.517, which became Public Law 113-144 on 8/1/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1123, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1123

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  147eb120b38c03585215aa09908121cf77dc9b509a96e9b9aca758c0c6634373

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