To amend the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include algae-based biofuel in the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1149.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILBRAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1985):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: 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, record updated January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1149, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d3b5b972253f65dd35fcf2731a8268ac4c519d5fda1828e0040e962bc902a65b

  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 January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1149, last updated January 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.