Honest Ads Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2599.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 62, April 13, 2023, Page H1727):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Enhancing transparency and disclosure requirements for online political advertisements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2599, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  821ec7b12f4ed69a159ce484dd4d8e69b25e3e93cb2b9e10490afeda99f77093

  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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2599, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.