Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8576.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 75, April 29, 2026, Page H3295):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to make grants available to States to inform individuals of potential eligibility for the Lifeline program of the Commission, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  319 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8576, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8576

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e43f2620f4d60a08b3e9a84c1311737cf41cdc9defa5014b1688fd7c55a2f8f3

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8576, 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.