To ensure the viability of a technology described in section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3759.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SCHMIDT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H10016):
  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'' and Article I, Section 8, clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  486 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3759, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3759

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  889ff6cb305b37ad226cd718c385dd73ade56860e365de6f924ae75ea39a9bf3

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3759, last updated April 7, 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.