To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1650.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1122):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1650, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1650

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05bd69638fecf03f45ca983937d87c893f5ebad30a443134e1d0bf794bc618a7

  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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