Secure Space Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 675.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 675, Secure Space Act of 2023” on April 20, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59092

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/675

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  231b97f45ed5da486868a7c3310d8e2a89903b1c97c6324cd9e24bdb8ea3e7c3

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-41 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/41

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/675

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  231b97f45ed5da486868a7c3310d8e2a89903b1c97c6324cd9e24bdb8ea3e7c3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the India Tribes The single subject of this legislation is: Commercial satellites.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  234 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 675, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/675

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  231b97f45ed5da486868a7c3310d8e2a89903b1c97c6324cd9e24bdb8ea3e7c3

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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