Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1339.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1339, Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act” on April 20, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59093

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1339, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1339

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-42 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2023 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/42

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1339, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1339

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1114):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Executive the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To modernize FCC satellite regulations as it related to precision agriculture.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  417 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1339, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1339

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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