Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 46.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H37):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to prioritize the processing of applications for certain rural broadband expansion projects that are located in areas with the shortest construction seasons (e.g., areas with long winters and heavy snowfall).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

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  348 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 46, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  01ff383cae7053480dfafcd67b5953494e20a52e77d22844a77efd878e8fe662

  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 April 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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