Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1618.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1618, Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act” on April 21, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61354

  CBO publication date

  April 21, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1618, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1618

  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. 119-195 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 10, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/195

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1618, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1618

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4cbdd11e9a008465ce1d2f0edf5581f31c11bcdff88a64ea0b9da53b5fd7d385

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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. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Executive the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1618, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1618

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4cbdd11e9a008465ce1d2f0edf5581f31c11bcdff88a64ea0b9da53b5fd7d385

  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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