LODGE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7615.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 30, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 30, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/682

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7615, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8168c08902f2d0aad7669b895b0a48b04b6dc2899b50b0972445eaca30916771

  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. MOORE of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 70, April 28, 2022, Page H4609):
  Congress has the authority to enactthis legislation pursuant to the power granted under Article IV, Section 3; Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  154 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7615, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8168c08902f2d0aad7669b895b0a48b04b6dc2899b50b0972445eaca30916771

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7615, last updated April 7, 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.