Capitalizing on American Methane Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1655.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 49, March 21, 2017, Page H2288):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution which gives Congress the power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states and within the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  260 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1655, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bbb7bdf12042c99f7d5277a25511e3a5eb574a8d9b4b0f203386439b9e65c4e0

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1655, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.