PLAN for Broadband Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2805.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2805, PLAN for Broadband Act” on October 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 16, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62863

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2805, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2805

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9018494b9764d4bd83b84b2aa7bda78c0ff5acf99617a1b0343bb473f9ff05e9

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 64, April 9, 2025, Page H1564):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2805, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2805

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9018494b9764d4bd83b84b2aa7bda78c0ff5acf99617a1b0343bb473f9ff05e9

  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’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2805, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.