House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CABLE Expansion Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve cable franchising authority, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5311.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FEDORCHAK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 149, September 11, 2025, Page H4265):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5311, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5311
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
192836bdbf19b68aa8712e4e69d03a9ff22b66d83047da72c9dfa7ab06467a4a
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. Julie Fedorchak.
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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.