Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 530.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 7, January 14, 2019, Page H544):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which 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 January 14, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 530, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  111f7709d6d834e3c681319a9daca97388621eced409174c0985b4a2c3f83a44

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 530, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.