Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2399.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2399, Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025” on June 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives”.
  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/61525

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2399, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cdcc3961b145426e6605c95adb67a4e88f31817d3c5045f5d84a77f4842df0e5

• 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. 119-78 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/78

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2399, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cdcc3961b145426e6605c95adb67a4e88f31817d3c5045f5d84a77f4842df0e5

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2399, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cdcc3961b145426e6605c95adb67a4e88f31817d3c5045f5d84a77f4842df0e5

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

• Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.2399 is contained in the text of S.98, which became Public Law 119-89.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2399, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cdcc3961b145426e6605c95adb67a4e88f31817d3c5045f5d84a77f4842df0e5

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