Broadband Equipment Rental Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7461.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 34, February 26, 2024, Page H696):
  article 1 section 8 of the constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits providers of broadband internet access service from charging consumers above certain amounts for certain equipment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2024 ↗

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  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7461, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b52c7a6dd390d1dfddc00993b8a19e68bcfef37c63711d9420a1d00e5de6c6b

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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