To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provide for Federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1721.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VEASEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 44, March 9, 2021, Page H1191):
  Article 1, Section 8 (relating to interstate commerce)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1721, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1721

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b534e043ddcde20fa3fd7d06be1362155124649405c712d931bbe562cdb71d2

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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