Broadcast Diversity in Leadership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8154.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 152, September 1, 2020, Page H4318):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  229 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8154, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8154

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7eec88844b4dd4647a7faa7a615ce6a97770f389373080ef7d0b3bcaabfc758f

  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. 8154, 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.