Electricity Storage Innovation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5640.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5640, Electricity Storage Innovation Act” on August 9, 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 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51877

  CBO publication date

  August 9, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3528683c3803176de5c157b9be1761edfa16f928599cef769e3b3dcb2dfbd6cb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-681 ↗. 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/681

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3528683c3803176de5c157b9be1761edfa16f928599cef769e3b3dcb2dfbd6cb

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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. SMITH of Texas, 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3528683c3803176de5c157b9be1761edfa16f928599cef769e3b3dcb2dfbd6cb

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

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