Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2126.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2126, Better Buildings Act of 2014” on February 20, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 28, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 20, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45127

  CBO publication date

  February 20, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2126, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2126

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2257cc22a9cbac98b3b1e843b9adf9d165b2c19a73d4e8a12d7205d11e3dfb31

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-371 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 28, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 28, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/371

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2126, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2126

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2257cc22a9cbac98b3b1e843b9adf9d165b2c19a73d4e8a12d7205d11e3dfb31

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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. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2956):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  221 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2126, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2126

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2257cc22a9cbac98b3b1e843b9adf9d165b2c19a73d4e8a12d7205d11e3dfb31

  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. 2126, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.