Communications Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1370.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1370, Communications Security Act” on April 17, 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 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59082

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1370, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1370

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  434fd33cbbae5206770dae8b5d154995bef1922436dd10e15eaa048c79e68735

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1115):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution 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: This bill provides statutory authority for a council that makes recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission regarding ways to increase the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  532 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1370, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1370

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  434fd33cbbae5206770dae8b5d154995bef1922436dd10e15eaa048c79e68735

  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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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