Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 820.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 820, Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act” on July 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 7, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60488

  CBO publication date

  July 2, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 820, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  486e7d7ea8999f31f59bc2ae38ec951d171523f8818034c431ee35981296da26

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-489 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 7, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/489

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 820, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  486e7d7ea8999f31f59bc2ae38ec951d171523f8818034c431ee35981296da26

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H683):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Ensuring transparency regarding adversarial foreign telecommunications companies operating in the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 820, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  486e7d7ea8999f31f59bc2ae38ec951d171523f8818034c431ee35981296da26

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 820, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.