American-Made Energy Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1682.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2999):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress has the power ``. . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  216 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1682, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1682

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56cae83aa64e7ce8b2d9ef42bf9aa5fbcc0c2ab8c4a1a4d1fda71a5d95630612

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1682, last updated August 14, 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.