Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3998.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3998, Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act” on June 9, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51677

  CBO publication date

  June 9, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3998, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  418fe2b8943779a95d88c1aaea9f3d0f9eb53901c7ad1e5a79de1afabaf1847f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-583 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/583

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3998, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  418fe2b8943779a95d88c1aaea9f3d0f9eb53901c7ad1e5a79de1afabaf1847f

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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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 168, November 16, 2015, Page H8240):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. That provision gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3998, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  418fe2b8943779a95d88c1aaea9f3d0f9eb53901c7ad1e5a79de1afabaf1847f

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3998, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.