Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 460.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 460, Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act” on May 16, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 25, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43255

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 460, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f137a64e8195ac136660d81231191138bc767a9688fe1dd2b9038fb1789c4e39

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-503 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 30, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 30, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/503

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 460, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f137a64e8195ac136660d81231191138bc767a9688fe1dd2b9038fb1789c4e39

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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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H510):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  101 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 460, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f137a64e8195ac136660d81231191138bc767a9688fe1dd2b9038fb1789c4e39

  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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