To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3385.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3385, a bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria” on August 24, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 27, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59522

  CBO publication date

  August 24, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae61695610be4bb8c3c913d1e2bc4fd392ca00671ea7075e6ef1a950feab2ef3

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3385, a bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria” on August 24, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 27, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59522

  CBO publication date

  August 24, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae61695610be4bb8c3c913d1e2bc4fd392ca00671ea7075e6ef1a950feab2ef3

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-239 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 2, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/239

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae61695610be4bb8c3c913d1e2bc4fd392ca00671ea7075e6ef1a950feab2ef3

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 82, May 16, 2023, Page H2378):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of developing a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  435 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae61695610be4bb8c3c913d1e2bc4fd392ca00671ea7075e6ef1a950feab2ef3

  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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