9–8–8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 498.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-52 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 11, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/52

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 498, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ec837728524ed0f91d4f8f1a6193bffa81cb4f70419cad584d9104d415f3182

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OBERNOLTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 16, January 25, 2023, Page H324):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 498, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ec837728524ed0f91d4f8f1a6193bffa81cb4f70419cad584d9104d415f3182

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 498, last updated December 5, 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.