Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1363.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1363, Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act” on October 9, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49458

  CBO publication date

  October 9, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1363, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f24844b0c4442a25a7561bf8f8f9b0973eae75daed70ec908dbd63b786ebb825

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-690 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 22, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/690

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1363, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f24844b0c4442a25a7561bf8f8f9b0973eae75daed70ec908dbd63b786ebb825

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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 H1827):
  Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1363, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f24844b0c4442a25a7561bf8f8f9b0973eae75daed70ec908dbd63b786ebb825

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1363, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.