Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2881.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2881, Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019” on November 14, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55848

  CBO publication date

  November 14, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2881, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2881

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  133d53ff4d3cd1535e783237e45521ca3730ff4a2ccc8ab328482bfd66907e46

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-369 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/369

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2881, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2881

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  133d53ff4d3cd1535e783237e45521ca3730ff4a2ccc8ab328482bfd66907e46

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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. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 85, May 21, 2019, Page H4065):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2881, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2881

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  133d53ff4d3cd1535e783237e45521ca3730ff4a2ccc8ab328482bfd66907e46

  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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