Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2171.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2171, Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act” on August 2, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41631

  CBO publication date

  August 2, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2171, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-251 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 14, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/251

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2171, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4186):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2171, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b495fceeb0dd05c9dc6258c01bb01bda311d8e97f2eafb1ad2ca7eb860f5f54

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

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