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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2296.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2296, METRIC Act” on September 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55637

  CBO publication date

  September 18, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2296, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57992a712fc930a4bd91e12355a6285f251c639a80c65816ab9fb337ccce058f

• 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. 116-215 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/215

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2296, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57992a712fc930a4bd91e12355a6285f251c639a80c65816ab9fb337ccce058f

  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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 64, April 12, 2019, Page H3265):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2296, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57992a712fc930a4bd91e12355a6285f251c639a80c65816ab9fb337ccce058f

  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. 2296, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.