Electricity Security and Affordability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3826.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act” on February 12, 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 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45112

  CBO publication date

  February 12, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3826, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 113-365 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/365

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3826, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. WHITFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H135):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3826, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d436b7dc65a7745c99763d899dd0911af706734cfb1148223bdf9b8a91611c38

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

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