Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4351.

• 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. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3144):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Department of Agriculture, when distributing funds for broadband deployment, to prioritize projects for ports in rural areas.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗

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  225 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4351, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4351

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7dbaac0f1986dde8c95d56b523949415220fc8f9b7220298775cb5572cd3579

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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