CONNECT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7995.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7995, Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust Act” on May 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 29, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62420

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7995, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1828464739ac2ce532bb396af9ef81ee3c285a901db6cc5127b5836f4d91c1f2

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 11, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/642

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7995, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1828464739ac2ce532bb396af9ef81ee3c285a901db6cc5127b5836f4d91c1f2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):
  Article I of the U.S. Constitution states that all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which includes the authority to write laws. This article establishes Congress as the sole entity responsible for creating and amending laws.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  277 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7995, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1828464739ac2ce532bb396af9ef81ee3c285a901db6cc5127b5836f4d91c1f2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7995, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.