Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 140.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 140, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act” on March 2, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58971

  CBO publication date

  March 2, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  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. 118-5 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 3, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/5

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  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. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution, in that the legislation regulates forms of commerce specified in that clause; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers'' and ``other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof,'' including the powers of the President specified in Article II of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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