Tribal Power Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5541.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5541, Tribal Power Act” on October 29, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56711

  CBO publication date

  October 29, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5541, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80da6848063b92c6a2b8d2833a194b522555baf96cc98d065c113e280f9f6bf3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-625 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/625

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5541, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80da6848063b92c6a2b8d2833a194b522555baf96cc98d065c113e280f9f6bf3

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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. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 3, January 7, 2020, Page H12):
  Article II Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5541, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80da6848063b92c6a2b8d2833a194b522555baf96cc98d065c113e280f9f6bf3

  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. 5541, last updated June 20, 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.