Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5886.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 162, October 3, 2023, Page H4987):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to make grants available to States to inform Medicaid enrollees, SNAP participants, and low-income residents of potential eligibility for the Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs of the Commission, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  400 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5886, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5886

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1685cc438e399607cb0ac6ea6935380c75d1d30fcfd04153b37f06d16ee17278

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5886, 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.