Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2872.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2872, Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act” on December 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53394

  CBO publication date

  December 8, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2872, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-461 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 12, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/461

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2872, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05f20bacea42a2d36f269f5a2dd5d9e353b84a706ff828ebfff933b59f088493

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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. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 99, June 12, 2017, Page H4854):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2872, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05f20bacea42a2d36f269f5a2dd5d9e353b84a706ff828ebfff933b59f088493

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