Safe Social Media Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4826.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 127, July 24, 2023, Page H3896):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the FTC with the CDC to issue a report on Social Media usage and effects on children and young adults.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  196 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4826, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  77cb7ccd0de6cb2d7f9511d64fd398ff7f6ca97aadec5aa2b6158df29d3c5fe7

  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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