Communications Equity and Diversity Council Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7943.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 47, March 16, 2026, Page H2530):
  The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  261 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7943, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7943

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05872d036abef9158e06a1008465edf45e3754218c6424355a959ba9ee0c7c45

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7943, last updated April 2, 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.