Open RAN Outreach Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2037.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Open RAN Outreach Act” on June 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 8, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61523

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2037, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2037

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a56353b7a9619f29fc06ed59fd4c0613c41db2f60533f3fc259b87cabc7f02c8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-184 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 2, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/184

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2037, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2037

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a56353b7a9619f29fc06ed59fd4c0613c41db2f60533f3fc259b87cabc7f02c8

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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. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):
  Under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2037, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2037

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a56353b7a9619f29fc06ed59fd4c0613c41db2f60533f3fc259b87cabc7f02c8

  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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