Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 271.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-86 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 20, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/86

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 271, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/271

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b16cd19d31080ac8a0230b42be73eff6dc5c98b2b8523580b40c14f90e60c6e

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H171-H172):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have power 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. (Necessary and Proper Regulations to Effectuate Powers) The Necessary and Proper Clause allows Congress to decide whether, when, and how to legislate the powers of another branch. This legislation would clarify that compliance with an Emergency Order issued by an Executive Agency under the Federal Power Act may not be considered a violation of any Federal, State, or local environmental law,…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  747 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 271, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/271

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b16cd19d31080ac8a0230b42be73eff6dc5c98b2b8523580b40c14f90e60c6e

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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