To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations under such Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1736.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 52, April 13, 2015, Page H2153):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of commerce among the several states).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2015 ↗

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  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1736, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af0f6fc94f21bd5aa962c2202f3c07d084d27319788b999458829b4cac253d82

  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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