Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2474.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2474, Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act” on February 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on January 21, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62180

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2474, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-565 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 20, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 20, 2026 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/565

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2474, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1339):
  Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2474, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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