Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1343.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act” on February 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62134

  CBO publication date

  February 17, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-485 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/485

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a9b9b842b8f397640f4cad46d68a2c7180ca4fee3af52448196a4c7453228fd0

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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. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1343, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1343

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a9b9b842b8f397640f4cad46d68a2c7180ca4fee3af52448196a4c7453228fd0

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1343, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.