EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2850.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2850, EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act of 2013” on September 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on August 1, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44542

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2850, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-252 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on October 23, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/252

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2850, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b350cc125120080e82c5826e664e04b433cd373423dbe2160f4df7b9b5a4bb2e

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5174):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2850, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b350cc125120080e82c5826e664e04b433cd373423dbe2160f4df7b9b5a4bb2e

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2850, 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.