Protecting Free Speech Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4776.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BOEBERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4031):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers'' and ``other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof,'' including the powers of the President specified in Article II of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the use of federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  546 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4776, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d4fe9f760cdee806aa79cfe4b7bb4007f8b2382c5f053b76b82eb3647652b03

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4776, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.