Energy Emergency Leadership Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3277.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3277, Energy Emergency Leadership Act” on June 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59337

  CBO publication date

  June 29, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3277, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-402 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 29, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/402

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3277, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2313):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Energy to assign energy emergency and energy security functions to an Assistant Secretary, including responsibilities with respect to infrastructure and cybersecurity.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3277, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  129dc4db32ac32bf7815a502400d2445f54c5be054be4560b37f5d47cbd4054b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3277, 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.