Broadband DATA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4229.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4229, Broadband DATA Act” on January 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56046

  CBO publication date

  January 22, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4229, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cc24b8cdb4e1499bfefe2979aa56d917a48b0cb1073108e5a91567ecb101519

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-350 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 16, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/350

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4229, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cc24b8cdb4e1499bfefe2979aa56d917a48b0cb1073108e5a91567ecb101519

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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. LOEBSACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 142, September 6, 2019, Page H7535):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4229, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cc24b8cdb4e1499bfefe2979aa56d917a48b0cb1073108e5a91567ecb101519

  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. 4229, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.