COMMS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7512.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DAVIS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 124, July 9, 2020, Page H3077):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7512, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd3794ab594ed9d54c70a12627e205e6c10652f3df63ed8c57fd8f3c51fb5345

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7512, last updated April 7, 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.