North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015” on October 20, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50908

  CBO publication date

  October 20, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/8

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• 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. 114-347 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 19, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/347

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/8

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5d886ff24e7bf9e1f388a466b835eb920ef4dbdfba0ed985af51a4042eaddd3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record:
  [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. UPTON:H.R. 8.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H6075]
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  337 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/8

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5d886ff24e7bf9e1f388a466b835eb920ef4dbdfba0ed985af51a4042eaddd3

  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. 8, 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.