Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1311.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1530):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of commerce among the several states).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗

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  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1311, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  81bddf2189a3c10dde900f92628decb7b9fbd14d5999d22c7cc5e57b7c97fb32

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1311, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.