Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 359.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 359, Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act” on September 13, 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 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55621

  CBO publication date

  September 13, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41da1d11c722c6bcaa01e09553cf2c9d479778a560f0ff0df897509ad1a024bb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-254 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 28, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/254

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41da1d11c722c6bcaa01e09553cf2c9d479778a560f0ff0df897509ad1a024bb

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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. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H359):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  111 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41da1d11c722c6bcaa01e09553cf2c9d479778a560f0ff0df897509ad1a024bb

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