To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1138.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1138, an act to reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes” on August 6, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 16, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55520

  CBO publication date

  August 6, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  782211b99173c64d543c713133ac05e7a224e51ab5bf9f79f485b3678540371e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-69 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on August 16, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/69

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  782211b99173c64d543c713133ac05e7a224e51ab5bf9f79f485b3678540371e

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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. REED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 26, February 11, 2019, Page H1518):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  782211b99173c64d543c713133ac05e7a224e51ab5bf9f79f485b3678540371e

  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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