To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2409.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2409, a bill to allow service members to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed” on July 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 12, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54230

  CBO publication date

  July 20, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2409, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f280fceca638681dacca7eec6668fe7199f81f2c914073dfad9a37cb1f52e36

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-866 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/866

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2409, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f280fceca638681dacca7eec6668fe7199f81f2c914073dfad9a37cb1f52e36

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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. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 82, May 11, 2017, Page H4190):
  Article l, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2409, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f280fceca638681dacca7eec6668fe7199f81f2c914073dfad9a37cb1f52e36

  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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