To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1140.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-16 ↗. 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/16

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05c0c9cbb631e6b943a29b92ace763f5ea114d6a34f267f5c2aa87e96a0e95e7

  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. PENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To increase American energy production and restore energy leadership by authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to be able to act under the Clean Air Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act to address national security and energy security needs relating to critical energy resource facilities
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05c0c9cbb631e6b943a29b92ace763f5ea114d6a34f267f5c2aa87e96a0e95e7

  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.

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