Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7521.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-417 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/417

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7521, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fa762f3d6f93e2753c4e69f9b8428efed1e8fc9663624295b17b9c172f969ef0

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign and interstate commerce--social media applications
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7521, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fa762f3d6f93e2753c4e69f9b8428efed1e8fc9663624295b17b9c172f969ef0

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7521, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.