Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 362.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 362, Energy Emergency Leadership Act” on September 4, 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 4, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55593

  CBO publication date

  September 4, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 362, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39997cdca6ae64203a1f75ce82c4595bc3cb3ddd554bd22c4761653416083e4e

• 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. 116-255 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/255

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 362, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39997cdca6ae64203a1f75ce82c4595bc3cb3ddd554bd22c4761653416083e4e

  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. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H359):
  U.S. Constitution--Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  38 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 362, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39997cdca6ae64203a1f75ce82c4595bc3cb3ddd554bd22c4761653416083e4e

  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. 362, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.