Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4240.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOSKOWITZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3034):
  Pursuant to clause 3(d) (1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  185 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4240, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fb35bd183681cfcf51a8e835c438bddc884f1c7eb921c401760ff23d7a4168ed

  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 November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4240, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.