Save the Internet Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1644.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act of 2019” on April 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55106

  CBO publication date

  April 8, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d3f657db120408972949259c02defe204c303de790620ea9d17f87c938c9f65

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-34 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 5, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/34

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d3f657db120408972949259c02defe204c303de790620ea9d17f87c938c9f65

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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. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 42, March 8, 2019, Page H2615):
  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 March 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d3f657db120408972949259c02defe204c303de790620ea9d17f87c938c9f65

  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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