Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4998.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4998, Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019” on February 6, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56119

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4998, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74b206e5f585cffc988c0d0d43f6c42670073a57aa71368faf2d43c69877009b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-352 ↗. 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/352

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4998, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74b206e5f585cffc988c0d0d43f6c42670073a57aa71368faf2d43c69877009b

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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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):
  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 November 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4998, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74b206e5f585cffc988c0d0d43f6c42670073a57aa71368faf2d43c69877009b

  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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