To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1737.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1737, a bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria” on June 20, 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, June 20, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61500

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1737, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c735c80f67869eee289d430bec09b99ed252a6842c93ff711cce780b75016d8

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-155 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/155

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1737, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c735c80f67869eee289d430bec09b99ed252a6842c93ff711cce780b75016d8

  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 Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H920):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1737, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c735c80f67869eee289d430bec09b99ed252a6842c93ff711cce780b75016d8

  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. 1737, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.