Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3609.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3609, Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019” on September 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Space, and Technology on July 24, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55604

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3609, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9f92008e0f84c651fc7a6b874a670b3cb2fe3beacaa0e399f7fa1030151029d

• 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. 116-497 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/497

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3609, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9f92008e0f84c651fc7a6b874a670b3cb2fe3beacaa0e399f7fa1030151029d

  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. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 111, July 2, 2019, Page H5269):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3609, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9f92008e0f84c651fc7a6b874a670b3cb2fe3beacaa0e399f7fa1030151029d

  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. 3609, last updated April 7, 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.