Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1873.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act” on May 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52757

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1873, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f896af063153a07ad4ae30594a4c181e5209b83197a040ac6c5b61c57f4d566a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-165 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 12, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/165

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1873, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f896af063153a07ad4ae30594a4c181e5209b83197a040ac6c5b61c57f4d566a

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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. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 58, April 4, 2017, Page H2697):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1873, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f896af063153a07ad4ae30594a4c181e5209b83197a040ac6c5b61c57f4d566a

  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. 1873, last updated September 8, 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.