ITS Codification Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1343.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1343, ITS Codification Act” on April 3, 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 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59037

  CBO publication date

  April 3, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25ee30fd423a635dcdb40fa6134095825bf8ec693daf62a7eaec2906c387f6ad

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-40 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/40

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25ee30fd423a635dcdb40fa6134095825bf8ec693daf62a7eaec2906c387f6ad

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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1114):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill codifies statutory authority for the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), the research and engineering laboratory that supports the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) mission to manage radio frequency spectrum.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  439 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25ee30fd423a635dcdb40fa6134095825bf8ec693daf62a7eaec2906c387f6ad

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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