Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5905.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5905, Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018” on June 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 23, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54112

  CBO publication date

  June 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78913a15ad3578b24f9091913b3905c24c5cce954515c52fd2daa9edfe725d9f

• 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. 115-787 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 27, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/787

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78913a15ad3578b24f9091913b3905c24c5cce954515c52fd2daa9edfe725d9f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• 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. 164, No. 84, May 22, 2018, Page H4583):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power 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 May 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78913a15ad3578b24f9091913b3905c24c5cce954515c52fd2daa9edfe725d9f

  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. 5905, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.