Northwest Energy Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1762.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 53, March 23, 2023, Page H1411):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2023 ↗

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  245 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1762, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1762

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8781f7b0962604fd56d9d3cca30ed1ca18750507adffdeaaebc0fc83aed4f695

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1762, last updated December 5, 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.