Virginia Jobs and Energy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1840.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2308):
  Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  359 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1840, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d89d2e82a23f3c1d8ea3fcf7868ad4a51ca69cdb9bf19ca9b4748f60931a3e70

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1840, last updated August 12, 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.