To require the Secretary of Energy to prepare a report on the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water use for potable hot water.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4801.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4801, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to prepare a report on the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water use for potable hot water” on June 20, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 10, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45466

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4801, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84484c5b16cf903a764cbca924f364e019b34a8163502ddc3f3dc43458b85ee9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-489 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 23, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/489

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4801, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84484c5b16cf903a764cbca924f364e019b34a8163502ddc3f3dc43458b85ee9

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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. KINZINGER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5072-H5073):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution states that; a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  182 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4801, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84484c5b16cf903a764cbca924f364e019b34a8163502ddc3f3dc43458b85ee9

  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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