Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 849.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BACHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1455):
  This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  178 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bbc4341be0e66d5f7433c20cb56f81dee7363e69c06397da05691129e1a6c284

  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. 849, 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.