American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1487.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1805):
  Article 1, Section 8 gives Congress the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper'' to execute the enumerated power of regulating ``Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.'' The titles of the American Energy Renaissance Act deal with existing laws affecting the production and transportation of energy among the states and Indian tribes and the export of energy to
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

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  432 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1487, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87b86ecfa793e5a9236f223e0dabfe93147ee1181eab2ffdae9c409b4fa02c29

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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