Solar Fuels Innovation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5638.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5638, Solar Fuels Innovation Act” on August 11, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 11, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51898

  CBO publication date

  August 11, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5638, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5bc6e3d8abade7677123584c1159fc226ec681e160f0f2800f36e038dcb87da2

• 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. 114-680 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 11, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/680

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5638, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5bc6e3d8abade7677123584c1159fc226ec681e160f0f2800f36e038dcb87da2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KNIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 108, July 6, 2016, Page H4467):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any, Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  296 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5638, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5bc6e3d8abade7677123584c1159fc226ec681e160f0f2800f36e038dcb87da2

  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. 5638, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.