Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4378.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4378, Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2017” on December 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 15, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53381

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4378, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d2fd7b4ba8106f48dbfdeb654ba33da7e4185a254ddfb9a532dc97e2a988b81

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-557 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 13, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/557

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4378, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d2fd7b4ba8106f48dbfdeb654ba33da7e4185a254ddfb9a532dc97e2a988b81

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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. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 185, November 13, 2017, Page H9179):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4378, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d2fd7b4ba8106f48dbfdeb654ba33da7e4185a254ddfb9a532dc97e2a988b81

  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. 4378, 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.