SMART Energy Efficiency Standards Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5845.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 193, November 3, 2021, Page H6179):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Executive 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 November 3, 2021 ↗

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  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5845, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5845

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ffaaa6c0456f37f164229c45141ff600552a86713490fe4c4b02d9337ede1320

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5845, last updated January 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.