To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2389.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2389, a bill to reauthorize the West Valley Demonstration Project, and for other purposes” on August 31, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 12, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54413

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2389, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  88d95469e01e0593b2424654f295e650d0745984648011bfab30b5ff6162d00f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-926 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 7, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/926

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2389, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  88d95469e01e0593b2424654f295e650d0745984648011bfab30b5ff6162d00f

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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. REED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 77, May 4, 2017, Page H4179):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2389, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2389

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  88d95469e01e0593b2424654f295e650d0745984648011bfab30b5ff6162d00f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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