To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 446.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 446, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project” on June 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 7, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52814

  CBO publication date

  June 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 446, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7877a49ad255f6fd8c30dbd103f9f9362a2bc5ed0073b2d1a027339b1e9ecc19

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-169 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/169

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 446, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7877a49ad255f6fd8c30dbd103f9f9362a2bc5ed0073b2d1a027339b1e9ecc19

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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. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H392):
  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 January 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 446, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7877a49ad255f6fd8c30dbd103f9f9362a2bc5ed0073b2d1a027339b1e9ecc19

  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. 446, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.