Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4500.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4500, Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019” on January 28, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56066

  CBO publication date

  January 28, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-367 ↗. 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/367

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e07057d04fb7f1be420ed4f158a146ad1d2222cc91c982de8aa6caad71e22ab

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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. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 156, September 26, 2019, Page H8054):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 states that Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4500, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e07057d04fb7f1be420ed4f158a146ad1d2222cc91c982de8aa6caad71e22ab

  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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