Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4871.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 134, July 30, 2021, Page H4306):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4871, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4871

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22057507117897366555f0f2b13e9be5033ff147e23350ba3578301fa0f82a95

  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. 4871, last updated January 3, 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.