Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2880.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2880, Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act” on December 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 11, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53401

  CBO publication date

  December 12, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2880, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2880

  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. 115-458 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 11, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/458

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2880, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2880

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc1bcb1ca3df394ff5dc5bfe65ae10963a6689dd1a3f54b8bc2643ec9a6e607e

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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. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 99, June 12, 2017, Page H4855):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2880, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2880

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc1bcb1ca3df394ff5dc5bfe65ae10963a6689dd1a3f54b8bc2643ec9a6e607e

  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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