To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its own forfeiture penalties with respect to violations of restrictions on the use of telephone equipment.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4224.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 107, June 20, 2023, Page H2991):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its own forfeiture penalties with respect to violations of restrictions on the use of telephone equipment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2023 ↗

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  266 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4224, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c939ae9e2d91283120a18a35f8e3daabdd8c19ec15712940f219e7c037a83b9a

  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.

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