To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2589.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2589, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by a vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissent” on May 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51593

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2589, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-581 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2016 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/581

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2589, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 86, June 1, 2015, Page H3642):
  The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2015 ↗

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  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2589, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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