House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Lower Energy Costs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2023 · 225–204
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2023 — The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of Divisions A and B of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act” on March 23, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on March 14, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59022
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of Divisions A and B of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, as modified by Amendment 154, the Manager's Amendment” on March 28, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on March 14, 2023 and March 27, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59029
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e3dac56c4662058b387c4ed5b151fe29f691e02376340d0ab1a92c34d1a01e2
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1286):The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To lower energy costs by increasing American energy production and restoring energy leadership.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 230 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e3dac56c4662058b387c4ed5b151fe29f691e02376340d0ab1a92c34d1a01e2
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
49 cosponsors — 49 Republicans
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Garret Graves (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Robert Latta (R-OH), Julia Letlow (R-LA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 11 (118th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.Con.Res. 93 (118th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.Res. 2 (118th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk.
- H.Res. 3 (118th) Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.