Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4444.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4444, Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act” on February 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56194

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8043a85e9112d4fb2c657b22332d50544a3b81b1765fd7e9c7160fb493f26d5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-649 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 15, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 15, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/649

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8043a85e9112d4fb2c657b22332d50544a3b81b1765fd7e9c7160fb493f26d5

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 152, September 20, 2019, Page H7866):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. (Commerce Clause) The Commerce Clause give Congress the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among several states''. If the matter in question is not purely a local matter or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, then it falls within the power of Congress. National Federal of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  354 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8043a85e9112d4fb2c657b22332d50544a3b81b1765fd7e9c7160fb493f26d5

  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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