Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 451.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-521 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/521

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 451, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/451

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca264dc06464c4618d2229ce82adfe842a2db7a481cbedc877f21ef0cc2a55a6

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 5, January 10, 2019, Page H464):
  The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under the following provisions of the United States Constitution: Article I, Section 1; Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  250 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 451, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/451

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca264dc06464c4618d2229ce82adfe842a2db7a481cbedc877f21ef0cc2a55a6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 451, last updated September 8, 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.