BTU Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1145.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 33, February 26, 2015, Page H1372):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1145, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1145

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43b2117bb4dbe16a0e9ec2a841a484ef534b71ec8d8787faafbf054fc7125e0b

  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 or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1145, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.