Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2371.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2371, Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act” on August 16, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53020

  CBO publication date

  August 16, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2371, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2371

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  503243e9400b916f7c7f66d92ba6fa236d9a693c123ba3bbe806c6135dbb324c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-282 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 29, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/282

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2371, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2371

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  503243e9400b916f7c7f66d92ba6fa236d9a693c123ba3bbe806c6135dbb324c

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 77, May 4, 2017, Page H4179):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. (Commerce Clause) The Commerce Clause give Congress the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among the several States.'' If the matter in question is not purely a local matter or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, then it falls within the power of Congress. National Federal of Independent Business v. Sebilius, (2012).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  359 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2371, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2371

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  503243e9400b916f7c7f66d92ba6fa236d9a693c123ba3bbe806c6135dbb324c

  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. 2371, 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.