Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5374.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5374, Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019” on June 23, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56429

  CBO publication date

  June 23, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5374, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  26f6afade4e3de7de4b2e97f80456f75d3f20ca459832d64536c14e3201bab49

• 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. 116-500 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 11, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/500

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5374, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  26f6afade4e3de7de4b2e97f80456f75d3f20ca459832d64536c14e3201bab49

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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. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 197, December 10, 2019, Page H10016):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5374, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  26f6afade4e3de7de4b2e97f80456f75d3f20ca459832d64536c14e3201bab49

  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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