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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1085.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-20 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/20

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1085, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21703c69c98d338aa4298d8e96d0c18a5f31ad0811503d36d0db914e5f3b01f

  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. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H855):
  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. The single subject of this legislation is: To increase American energy production and restore energy leadership by directing the National Petroleum Council to issue a report examining the importance of petrochemical refineries to energy security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  541 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1085, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21703c69c98d338aa4298d8e96d0c18a5f31ad0811503d36d0db914e5f3b01f

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1085, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.