Native American Energy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 538.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act” on October 1, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50862

  CBO publication date

  October 1, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a58a4e907fbf75d7a3737e7474f63906fc839e7149cd0c9c8a3062b7b83b3a0f

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 1, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/276

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a58a4e907fbf75d7a3737e7474f63906fc839e7149cd0c9c8a3062b7b83b3a0f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 12, January 26, 2015, Page H583):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a58a4e907fbf75d7a3737e7474f63906fc839e7149cd0c9c8a3062b7b83b3a0f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 538, last updated June 20, 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.