Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 29, February 11, 2026, Page H2187):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7491, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ac23ff0edd89be702dcfa3b54ab31729bb53bf78433b7fc63628fa91f14e4a1

  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 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7491, last updated April 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.