To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the benefits of solar net energy metering, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3852.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 159, October 28, 2015, Page H7332):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3852, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3852

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8adc9410d40cff4d1956eccb71e320ec735ee55f5a3e2b230ee649ed7676773f

  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 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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