Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications Parity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1353.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1353, ALERT Parity Act” on April 21, 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 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59100

  CBO publication date

  April 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1353, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1353

  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. 118-39 ↗. 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/39

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1353, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1353

  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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1114):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Directs the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules for the provision of emergency connectivity services in unserved areas.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  219 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1353, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1353

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f99d33a42685bbbda232a59efe8aaeca2cf19edc71922dc4742fe6a77bd5fe6d

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1353, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.