Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 71.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 71, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from...” on November 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51036

  CBO publication date

  November 25, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 71, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/71

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-348 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 19, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2015 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/348

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 71, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/71

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a8a5f2f6acd26788df63636dc7e9c0edafa90b00e70b5d53c845fbc576d368e

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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 (Vol. 161, No. 157, October 26, 2015, Page H7189):
  The Commerce Clause, Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, grants Congress the power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 71, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/71

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a8a5f2f6acd26788df63636dc7e9c0edafa90b00e70b5d53c845fbc576d368e

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