Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7520.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7520, Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024” on March 19, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 11, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60120

  CBO publication date

  March 19, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7520, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-418 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 11, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/418

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7520, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):
  Under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, sand among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes; The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit data brokers from transferring sensitive data of United States individuals to foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  349 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7520, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ba6bfb444ba7061dfb4993c9cd0088d098bd5003e6692d6b0c7e9a8e498a0e7

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