Modern Television Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1856.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 46, March 11, 2021, Page H1358):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1856, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1856

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  511ecdcf6c33e88159963856cdc58ff8e7d9c3d18e95d9b9a2974aacf42e66fd

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1856, last updated January 16, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.