Saving Local News Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7306.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 24, February 9, 2024, Page H543):
  Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: addressing challenges facing the local news industry.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  118 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7306, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7306

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8db0146c109607b7e3ce692002f36f239de144b32fcd3f1caeb9f2f3f9f196d8

  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 August 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7306, last updated August 17, 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.