Small Business Broadband Deployment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4596.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4596, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act” on March 4, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 25, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51357

  CBO publication date

  March 4, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ece14dc414694ef26e7b5837e444777cb6ba6c9fcba8a07cbe36240ef1a6241

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-444 ↗; H. Rept. 114-444,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 10, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/444
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/444

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ece14dc414694ef26e7b5837e444777cb6ba6c9fcba8a07cbe36240ef1a6241

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 28, February 23, 2016, Page H855):
  clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ece14dc414694ef26e7b5837e444777cb6ba6c9fcba8a07cbe36240ef1a6241

  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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