Protecting Community Television Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3805.

• 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. 97, June 6, 2025, Page H2534):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 CI.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3805, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3805

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  568c2677a0e87362eee7bfb354ab6d4607f05d40abd60462bddc848e330e7b9f

  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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3805, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.