Internet Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4070.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACKBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1880):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 protecting interstate commerce across the Internet. Additionally, we cite Clause 14 of Section 8 to make rules for the federal government.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4070, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4070

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  535d221b2195d67095ad9c5f93b1b26b9118c2855ddf650f96599dc61dbd6734

  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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4070, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.