House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cable Transparency Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to amend provisions relating to franchise term and termination and provisions relating to the elimination or modification of requirements in franchises, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Weber R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5290.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4240):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5290, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83d07990a837cc16bd0b3ff58e87c7f5a3681664bce9c44bbd0552a49b995b21
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 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 3474 (119th) Federal Mechanical Insulation Act
- H.R. 6832 (119th) PACK Act
- H.R. 8462 (119th) National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 2613 (119th) Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
- H.R. 9338 (119th) Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1076 (119th) Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the first export shipment of liquefied natural gas produced in the lower 48 States.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.