House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Gigabit Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5082.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 182, November 14, 2019, Page H8879):Article I, Section 8 =========================== NOTE =========================== November 14, 2019, on page H8879, the following appeared: By Mr. COLLINS: H.R. 5082. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 The online version has been corrected to read: By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia: H.R. 5082. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ========================= END NOTE =========================Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 506 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5082, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5082
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Ben Cline (R-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Will Hurd (R-TX), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Greg Pence (R-IN), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug Collins.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.