American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3557.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-240 ↗. 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/240

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b96cd2e9026f5d79080045eb2cf55d67504981df74ee835384dfa56f2836ca26

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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 86, May 22, 2023, Page H2501):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To expedite broadband deployment by streamlining permitting reviews.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  244 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b96cd2e9026f5d79080045eb2cf55d67504981df74ee835384dfa56f2836ca26

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3557, last updated May 27, 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.