AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8449.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8449, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024” on November 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60994

  CBO publication date

  November 15, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8449, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8449

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1cf1211b64ee023fb5afdd07fa2a2b95f43c90f02e7242d9218661ded78806e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-740 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/740

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8449, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8449

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1cf1211b64ee023fb5afdd07fa2a2b95f43c90f02e7242d9218661ded78806e

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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. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 86, May 17, 2024, Page H3357):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule that requires all new motor vehicles to have devices that can access, receive signals, and play content transmitted by AM broadcast stations or digital audio AM broadcast stations installed as standard equipment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8449, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8449

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1cf1211b64ee023fb5afdd07fa2a2b95f43c90f02e7242d9218661ded78806e

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

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