HYPE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2274.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2274, HYdropower Permit Extension Act” on June 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52799

  CBO publication date

  June 12, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2274, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2274

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  953b87395d1d2b7be1a3501d05762600f5d2e97f08b0513220bec6f930370a72

• 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. 115-173 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce 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/173

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2274, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2274

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  953b87395d1d2b7be1a3501d05762600f5d2e97f08b0513220bec6f930370a72

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 74, May 1, 2017, Page H3004):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2274, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2274

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  953b87395d1d2b7be1a3501d05762600f5d2e97f08b0513220bec6f930370a72

  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. 2274, last updated April 7, 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.